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From: Sue Renkert <>
Subject: Re: [LIST-UPDATE] Advising List Subscribers re change
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 22:58:35 -0800
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Dan,
I don't understand your comment. Can you please elaborate?

Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan M" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [LIST-UPDATE] Advising List Subscribers re change


> if you were using gmail to back up your lists mail you would not be at
such
> a loss.
>
>
> Dan M
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [LIST-UPDATE] Advising List Subscribers re change
>
>
> > Sue-
> >
> > I agree this will become a serious problem over time with Mailman--the
> > failure to show us the bounces. I'd be happy with some sort of bounce
log
> > accessible to admins but I think we NEED to be able to check if someone
> asks us if
> > their list mail is bouncing when they are not receiving it. We need to
> be
> > able to troubleshoot it.
> >
> > Like this block on mail to AOLers from the new server--I'm at a loss
when
> I
> > report the problem to AOL to explain where the problem lies. Under
> SmartList
> > I could have told them--RootsWeb says the mail is sitting in a queue on
> > their server and AOL is refusing to pick it up for thus and such
> reason--but I
> > can't even do that--because I have NO idea where the problem lies or
what
> the
> > problem is. AOL tells RootsWeb the server is white listed and that there
> may be
> > a general bug with delivering mail from mailing lists--but that doesn't
> > explain why we receive mail from all the other RootsWeb list servers
but
> NOT from
> > lists9 at all.
> >
> > Troubleshooting is essential for running mailing lists--and our hands
are
> > tied when we can't see the bounces to help our list subscribers with
> delivery
> > problems.
> >
> > Joan
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