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- From: fenner@postscript.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
- Subject: Re: More problems with the UUCP maps
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- References: <C10os2.E8B@cs.psu.edu> <1993Jan19.124933.1397@globv1.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:57:08 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan19.124933.1397@globv1.hacktic.nl> peter@globv1.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
- |The underlying assumption you made is that every mail package returns bounces
- |when it can't find the addressed user. Are there any statistics that support
- |this assumption?
-
- No, I based it on my experience. The only packages I've ever seen that do
- not return bounces to the sender when they cannot find the user are MS-DOS
- mailers.
-
- |Such a postmaster probably wouldn't see the ``kicks'' and hit the
- |"delete" key instead of the "bounce" key.
-
- Well, I explained what the purpose of the mail was in the body of the message,
- so if they were interested in contributing to the survey, they would send me
- a message. In fact, I got three manual bounces during the course of the
- survey.
-
- Bill
-