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Re: TraderGirl kicked off OmegaList



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jimo's right on with this folks....i got bumped off the list recently although 
i hadn't posted anything for several months!!!

so let's not make saints and sinners out of a simple list server procedure 
 :))

TJ

it takes a hell of lot for jimo to kick someone off the o-list, right mark??? 
:))))

At Thu, 18 May 2000 18:14:07 -0700 (PDT), Jim Osborn <jimo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Just to set the record straight: "tradergirl" was removed from
>the list because her ISP began bouncing her mail, saying
>"User unknown."  If her ISP gets itself straightened out and
>remembers who she is, she's perfectly welcome here.
>
>The list server always sends a disconnection notice when it
>removes someone, but, of course, that notice often can't get
>through.  Often an ISP's problem will be intermittent, so it
>seems that the omega-list server is discriminating against that
>person, while other mail is getting through.  With nearly 2000
>subscribers on this list, I have the server set to remove bouncers
>early, so that we don't load down Eskimo's mail system with
>undeliverable mail, and its attendant error messages.
>-- 
>jimo@xxxxxxxxxx
>maintainer of the omega list
>omega-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx
>