nep.pgelhausen@AMES-VMSB.ARPA (10/25/85)
NOTE: I don't know WHO this should be sent to, but the current
msgs floating around on the INFO-ATARI list prompt this
reply ( *** FLAME ON *** ):
From what I understand, USENET people are complaining about the
errors that they get from foriegn mailers when something goes
wrong w/ a msg they post.
1) This happens to ARPA people to, you are not alone so don't
feel persecuted.
2) Who SHOULD the error reports go to? Not all mailer problems
occur in "mailing-list" situations. If I send a msg to an
Oregon USENET computer through the UCB gateway, >I< want to
know that it didn't get there, so I can re-send it! Why
should the UCB postmaster be bothered with something he/she
neither known nor cares about?
3) As far as I can determine, at least SOME of these errors are
consistant. Meaning that it wasn't just a host down somewhere,
we are trying to send msgs to people whose accounts no longer
exist. I believe that AT LEAST some of this problem would
be alleviated if someone just ERASED the "problem" addresses
from the mailing list. (I have NOT had this problem w/ INFO-CPM,
for example....)
Sorry about the flame guys, but it had to be said. BTW: If any of
my assumptions are wrong, feel free to reply. But maybe we should
stop sending this stuff to the INFO-ATARI list?i
-Richard Hartman
max.hartman@ames-vmsb
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