[rescue] Re: [geeks] ADMINISTRIVIA: Changes to mail delivery policies

[Steve Sandau]

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> > - Person subscribes to list, with address hosted on Exchange server, or with
> >   address with Exchange server as primary MX.
> > - Person's email breaks somehow.
> > - Primary MX host (Exchange, remember?) sends "Delivery Status Notification"
> >   every few hours about the email its trying to deliver, *if* my end was able to
> >   even hand off the mail to the MX at all.
> > - Say, minimum of four DSNs a day.  Per email that my end sends, and the
> >   list puts out, oh, 10-20 emails a day.
> > - Multiply by four days.
> 
> If that's what you're worried about then either you've adjusted the
> wrong parameter, or I've assumed you've adjusted the wrong parameter.
> 
> If all the MXers are unreachable then the message is in your queue and
> no DSN of any sort is sent anywhere until the five days has expired, at
> which time your MLM software gets one single copy -- not you, but your
> MLM.  If I'm not mistaken most modern MLM packages have the ability to
> automatically unsubscribe or suspend any address that gets more than a
> given number of bounces.  The human list manager should never even peek
> at these messages unless a manual complaint is sent about someone being
> unsubscribed accidentally.
> 
> Adjusting your own MTA's queue retry time limit will not defer one
> single DSN that comes from any other queue.

We should, however,  remeber to *never* underestimate the stupiditiy of
a Miscrosoft program and its ability to pervert normal Internet protocol
standards... ;)

-- 
Steve Sandau
ssandau at bath.tmac.com