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- From: cca09@keele.ac.uk (Norman Bridges)
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- Subject: Re: Full mail spool policy?
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 13:48:09 GMT
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- Daniel Zabetakis (dan@cubmol.bio.columbia.edu) wrote:
- :
- : What about runaway mailing lists? I think some of our users who don't
- : log in often have joined mailing lists, but never read the mail. Can I
- : look at the mail to determine if this is the case? What should I do if it
- : is?
- :
-
- That's getting a real problem here too. I feel that a responsible
- automatic mail server should be auditing its readership once in a
- while and asking readers to specifically re-subscribe. I also feel
- that not enough is done to give sysadmins facilities to unsubscribe to
- mailing lists on behalf of dead accounts. [My apologies if such
- facilities do exist, its just that it can be difficult to locate the
- address for unsubscription without prying into a user's mailbox].
-
- : DanZ
- :
- : --
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- Norman Bridges
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