Hi y'all,
Just thought that I would make public the policy I apply when
"forcefully" uns*bscr*b*ng list-members due to problems with their
mail-delivery. That way there should be no surprises ;)
- if the receiving mail-server reports a permanent error (e.g. "no
such user" or some such thing), I generally uns*bscr*b* that
address immediately.
- if there are transient errors, I normally do nothing, as long
as they are, indeed, transient.
- if a transient error becomes semi-permanent, i.e. if it repeates
itself "a lot", I may choose to uns*bscr*b* that person (e.g. if
I get an error due to "User Quota Exceeded" from the same
address for a couple of days in a row, I will uns*bscr*b* the
address).
- if I get an error that mail delivery is not possible due to
"local configuration problems" on the mail server, I generally
uns*bscr*b* that person, and notify the postmaster on the
receiving end to look into the problems.
If you find yourself uns*bscr*b*d (i.e. not receiving messages from the
list) at some point, and you didn't uns*bscr*b* yourself, it's probably
for one of the above reasons. If you find that you have no problems
receiving mail (whatever problem there might have been, it has been
solved), just res*bscr*b* and/or notify me to get back on the list.
That's all ;)
Any questions to the above, please feed them my way.
--thomas
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