CC004019@BROWNVM.BITNET (Christopher Chung) (12/10/87)
First of all I am not sure exactly what caused that looping mail problem.
The operators here seem to think it was listserv choking on a returned
arpanet mail. All returned mail is supposed to come to my account, which
it did, but for some strange reason also went back out to the list and
every 5 minutes or so would send another file out. This continued all
night. I guess those are the hazards of letting a robot take care of
the mail but that is a discussion for risks.
What I wanted to let everyone know what that I had to switch the
way of distributing mail. This new way does not send mail acknowledgements
to let you know that your posting has arrived. (or at least I can't get it
to send me acknowledgements. Anyone who sent mail after the looping problem
get any acknowledgements? If you want to get your posting back you can
send a one line message to listserv
SET APPLE2-L REPRO
This wil tell listserv that you want to receive a copy as well. Normally
listserv does not do this automatically. It is supposed to send you
acknowledgements but the new way doesn't send them. So don't look for them.
Chris
P.S. I hope everyone on the list is getting two copies of this, one from
info-apple and one from apple2-l. If you don't then there is something
wrong and you should send me a note so I can figure out how to change
your address to have mail sent to you again. This new way of sending
mail may or may not work but I have no choice but to change it if I
want to continue this list.