Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 13:15:53 -0400
Reply-To: jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@MSN.COM>
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From: jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@MSN.COM>
Subject: Fw: Your removal from the vanagon list
Can anyone advise me as to what is going on. Messages seem to be rolling in
fine.
John
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From: "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8d)"
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To: "John Lauterbach" <jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Your removal from the vanagon list
>
>
> Sun, 29 Jul 2001 00:00:57
>
> You have been automatically removed from the vanagon list (Vanagon &
> EuroVan discussion list) as a result of repeated delivery error reports
> from your mail system. This decision was based on the automatic error
> monitoring policy in effect for the list, and has not been reviewed or
> otherwise confirmed by a human being. If you receive this message, it
> means that something is wrong: while you are obviously able to receive
> mail, your mail system has been regularly reporting that your account did
> not exist, or that you were otherwise permanently unable to receive mail.
> Here is some information which may assist you or your local help desk in
> determining the cause of the problem:
>
>
> - The failing address is jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM.
>
> - The first error was reported on 25 Jul 2001.
>
> - Since then, a total of 13 delivery errors have been received.
>
> - The last reported error was: Unavailable; DSN status was 5.1.1
>
> PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS MESSAGE. While you can of course re-subscribe
> to the list, it is important for you to report this problem to your mail
> administrator so that it can be solved. This problem is not specific to
> the vanagon list, and also affects your private mail. This means that YOU
> HAVE PROBABLY LOST SOME PRIVATE MAIL AS WELL. Anyone trying to write to
> you during the same time frame will probably have received the same
> errors for the same reason. The vanagon list is but one of the many
> people who may have tried to write to you while your mail system was
> malfunctioning.
>
> DO NOT LET TECHNICAL PEOPLE CONVINCE YOU THAT THIS IS NORMAL. It is never
> normal for a mail system to claim that a valid, working account does not
> exist, just as it would not be normal for the post office to return some
> of your mail with "addressee unknown" when the address was written
> correctly. It is true that some mail systems are less reliable than
> others, and your technical people may be doing the best they can with the
> tools they have. But, ultimately, the level of service that you are
> receiving is the result of a business decision, and not something due to
> a universal technical limitation that one can only accept. Reliable mail
> systems do exist, and it is ultimately up to you to decide whether this
> level of service is acceptable or not.
>
>
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