Am I still on this list?

Am I still on this list?

[Gene Heskett]

I just went to vger.kernel.org and ran the MX-VERIFY-CGI script 
against my mailing address and it seemed to work ok, unlike last week 
when verizon had an overloaded mail box somewhere that not only 
caused some huge lags, but probably bounced so many messages to me 
that I got suspended.

Is there anyone here on this list that can throw some light on why 
I've not got any messages from the lkml since a burst of about 275 
early Friday morning?  Or if I've been suspended/unsubscribed, fix it 
back up?

At that time, the above script was failing when it got to my src 
mailserver at verizon.net.  Now it is not, but still no mail.  
Sniff...

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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Re: Am I still on this list?

[Lee Revell]

On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 01:49 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> when verizon had an overloaded mail box somewhere that not only 
> caused some huge lags, but probably bounced so many messages to me 
> that I got suspended.

This is exactly what happens.  Once the system has more than N bounces
for you in the queue you are bumped from the list.

Just resubscribe.

Lee

Re: Am I still on this list?

[Jim Nelson]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> I just went to vger.kernel.org and ran the MX-VERIFY-CGI script 
> against my mailing address and it seemed to work ok, unlike last week 
> when verizon had an overloaded mail box somewhere that not only 
> caused some huge lags, but probably bounced so many messages to me 
> that I got suspended.
> 
> Is there anyone here on this list that can throw some light on why 
> I've not got any messages from the lkml since a burst of about 275 
> early Friday morning?  Or if I've been suspended/unsubscribed, fix it 
> back up?
> 
> At that time, the above script was failing when it got to my src 
> mailserver at verizon.net.  Now it is not, but still no mail.  
> Sniff...
> 

Same thing happened to me.  Verizon help-desk drones were useless - just 
re-subscribed, and everything was back to normal.

Glad to know it was Verizon's fault after all - OTOH, I don't think their mail 
admins can comprehend why someone doesn't complain about ~300 messages a day... :)

Jim

OT:Re: Am I still on this list?

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 29 November 2004 06:08, Jim Nelson wrote:
>> mailserver at verizon.net.  Now it is not, but still no mail.
>> Sniff...
>
>Same thing happened to me.  Verizon help-desk drones were useless -
> just re-subscribed, and everything was back to normal.

I wouldn't say he was useless, in fact better than the average bear 
IMO.  Once he understood that A) it was linux I'm talking about, and 
B) I knew what I was talking about, we got along famously.  He not 
only understood the lingo, he knew exactly what windoze util to run 
that did the same thing.  To find that level of expertise on the help 
desk was rather refreshing.

>Glad to know it was Verizon's fault after all - OTOH, I don't think
> their mail admins can comprehend why someone doesn't complain about
> ~300 messages a day... :)
>
>Jim

Yeah, he was somewhat taken aback when I said the list might run to 
600 msgs a day on a busy day.  He figured that much *had* to spam.  I 
said nope, that it was the official comm channel for the linux kernel 
developers and coders, clear up to Linus hisself.  It never hurts to 
polish the linux apple you know. :)

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
99.29% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly
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