[roc-chat] Re: Not receiving emails
- From: Lakestake Rocketry <lakestake@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Roc-Chat <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:45:43 -0700
Rick, sounds like the 'relax' part of the cruise has not kicked in yet...
;)
Matt
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Rick Dickinson <rtd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It does it when there are excessive bounced messages trying to deliver to
> that person. Hotmail, Yahoo, and a few other similar "free" mail services
> are all notorious for bouncing mail overzealously - they are simply Crap,
> putting it mildly.
>
> When that happens too much, the list server eventually says "Screw it. If
> they won't accept mail, I'll put the user on vacation mode so I don't waste
> my bandwidth and CPU cycles trying over and over until they get their act
> together."
>
> It's actually a very sensible approach taken by almost every list server
> software out there. People with crappy mail services don't always see it
> that way, however.... But seriously, that is NOT the list server's fault -
> it's a flaky recipient mail server that bounces mail it shouldn't that
> causes the problem in the first place.
>
> I'm on a cruise this week, so my internet access is sporadic at best.
> Hopefully this will reach you, and Ian or Jeff can take action in my
> absence to un-vacation you before next Sunday when I return. Or, you can do
> it yourself through the freelists.org web site.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick Dickinson
>
> On July 24, 2014 8:07:05 AM PDT, Richard Dierking <
> richard.dierking@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Greg:
>>
>> Why does the service do this without warning? Maybe freelists isn't the
>> best place for ROC.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:04 AM, Gregory Lyzenga <lyzenga@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, Rick cannot fix this for everybody… You should just go to
>>> your account settings and turn off vacation mode yourself.
>>>
>>> - Greg
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> *From: *R Dierking <applerocketry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> *Subject: **[roc-chat] Re: Not receiving emails*
>>> *Date: *July 23, 2014 at 10:59:19 PM PDT
>>> *To: *"roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> *Cc: *"roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rick Dickinson
>>> <rtd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> *Reply-To: *roc-chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>> Terry:
>>>
>>> The setting for your email has probably been set to 'vacation mode.'
>>> I'm sure Rick will get it fixed.
>>>
>>> Richard Dietking
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2014, at 10:43 PM, "Terry Burnett" <wtb123@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello
>>> Any one out there?
>>> Have not had an email in three months
>>>
>>> Terry
>>>
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>>
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>
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