telecom@eecs.nwu.edu (TELECOM Moderator) (12/09/89)
It has come to my attention once again that unfortunatly, a certain amount of mail addressed to the Digest simply never gets here. You should be so lucky that it bounces back to you, alerting you to try again. Some just vanishes.... :( The 'auto-reply' is my way of letting you know your submission or administrative request was received here. Everytime you write to the Digest, you should receive back an automatic message saying your submission or request was received. Sometimes the 'from' address is so badly mangled that the auto-reply itself bounces back to *me*, and I do not attempt to make re-delivery on these, so failing to get your receipt does not automatically mean I did not get your letter. But if you fail to get the receipt AND you do not see your article in a day or three, THEN please write again. On the other hand, if you get multiple copies of the receipt for the same submission, this is because you attempted to post your article direct to comp.dcom.telecom; it was rejected by several backbone sites; and each of the backbones sent me a copy. Ten copies of the same letter from the same person are not uncommon when that person attempts to circumvent moderation for whatever reason. *Always save a copy of your submission to the Digest until you see it in the Digest.* They do get lost (as per above), and sometimes they get lost in processing here as well. Auto-reply is for your benefit, and proves your submission was received here. Patrick Townson