Re: Message saying this lists's mailbox is full
On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 09:10:20AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> Yesterday I posted three messages to this list. All arrived (I received
> them today), but I also got 3 notifications (one attached) saying that
> they couldn't be delivered because the recipient's mail box was full.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this? Any explanation?
This is because someone has a full mailbox who subscribes to the list, the
MTA that is handling their ISP thinks the mail came directly from you to
them and sends you the notification. You will often see a similar problem
with people who don't disable their mailing list subscriptions when they go
on vacation or a business trip so you get an "away" message from them. Most
mailing lists I get two or three every time I send a message. There is
nothing the mailing list can do about it, it is caused by a subscriber's
ISP having a misconfigured MTA.
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Harry Henry Gebel, Senior Developer, Landon House SBS ICQ# 76308382
West Dover Hundred, Delaware
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