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cellioI could grow to really dislike Yahoo for mailing lists. I went to their site tonight to investigate a problem someone reported with a list I'm on, and I eventually noticed some text that said, approximately, "by the way, we've suspended your mail because you're bouncing". Interesting -- I've seen no evidence of bouncing, like an absence of general mail (and I even checked my mirror!), but now that you mention it, it has been a couple days since I received mail from a Yahoo mailing list. How odd.
So I clicked on the "fix the problem and then click here" link, received the message they sent, and entered the magic code to get reinstated. But I shouldn't have been suspended in the first place. And this is the second time this has happened to me (the first a year or so ago).
Yahoo seems to have this model that you do everything though their web site so of course you'll notice a problem like this right away. Um, actually, I do as little as possible through their web site; I find it annoying in many ways. And a mailing list should not require web access anyway.
They claimed they had received some bounces during the time when I was definitely receiving mail from them. If they'd, y'know, tried sending me mail saying "hey, sometimes you're bouncing", I would have looked into this sooner. (Yes, it's possible that such mail would bounce, but obviously some of their mail was getting through.) I run mailing lists; I do glance at bounce messages I receive.
I used to be indifferent to Yahoo. Can't say that any more. :-)
Meanwhile, if anyone reading this has received bounce messages when trying to email me, I'd sure like to know the details.
So I clicked on the "fix the problem and then click here" link, received the message they sent, and entered the magic code to get reinstated. But I shouldn't have been suspended in the first place. And this is the second time this has happened to me (the first a year or so ago).
Yahoo seems to have this model that you do everything though their web site so of course you'll notice a problem like this right away. Um, actually, I do as little as possible through their web site; I find it annoying in many ways. And a mailing list should not require web access anyway.
They claimed they had received some bounces during the time when I was definitely receiving mail from them. If they'd, y'know, tried sending me mail saying "hey, sometimes you're bouncing", I would have looked into this sooner. (Yes, it's possible that such mail would bounce, but obviously some of their mail was getting through.) I run mailing lists; I do glance at bounce messages I receive.
I used to be indifferent to Yahoo. Can't say that any more. :-)
Meanwhile, if anyone reading this has received bounce messages when trying to email me, I'd sure like to know the details.
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Date: 2005-02-03 04:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-03 04:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-03 04:44 am (UTC)Note that the delivery of mail from the lists I'm on never stopped.
I have to wonder if something screwy has gone on over there in the last week or so ::sigh::.
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