Yes, Fuzzy is absolutely incorrect on this. It IS yahoo's fault. Repeatedly, I have seen Yahoo stop service due to "bouncing emails," only to find out that the last bounce was one time, 5-10 days before. I run a list, and see this happen often with other people as well. Yahoo is goofy, plain and simple. > Hi Fuzzy, > > OK, this is looking more ridiculous than ever to me. > According to Yahoo's own information, I have bounced only > 4 messages since 1/12/2002. The most recent bounce was on > 9/23/03. The most recent bounce message was "unknown > user", which is patently wrong since I am obviously > sending from the email address they say is bouncing. > > I can see getting a bounced message now and then, if my > email server is down for one reason or another, say. What > I can't see is turning off someone's email because of 4 > bounced messages in nearly two years, and turning it off > over and over when there is apparently no bounces > happening. > > I'm really getting irritated with Yahoo. > > Thanks, > > Ron > > > On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 10:51:26 -0400 (EDT) > Fuzzy Logic <fuzzman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >It means that your ISP has refused a piece of mail (or > >100) from Yahoo! > >Groups. Sign onto the Y! Groups website > >(http://groups.yahoo.com), click > >on My Groups, then Email Preferences, then Bounce History > >for the relevant > >email address. In there, you should see the last bounce > >message. > > > >Fuzzy > >-- > >Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur. > >Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes. > >Vir sapit qui pauca loquitur. > >Cras amet qui numquam amavit, quique amavit cras plus > >amet. > >Uno itinere non potest perveniri ad tam grande secretum. > > > >On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Ron Allen wrote: > > > >> What, exactly, does it mean when an email "bounces"? > >> > >> Over the past several weeks, my email from my Yahoo > >>groups has been very > >> thoughtfully turned off at least 8 or 10 times by Yahoo > >>because they say > >> that my email is bouncing. > >> > >> How the heck can I get this to stop? Its incredibly > >>annoying, plus I'm > >> missing messages. > >> For a web-based membership management utility and information on list policies, please see http://nibec.com/24hoursupport/ To unsubscribe, send a blank email to 24hoursupport-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" (without quotes) in the subject.