David: I have been thru this before when my ISP refused even the list mail. At
least I get that now but was unaware of the individual mail problem which makes
sense since I can't receive any individual mail!
Frank
David Councill wrote:
> Carl's says he's getting the same message. Well, almost the same. The
> message I quoted has my ISP's IP address, indicating that his mailserver
> has it blackballed. I just ignored it until Carl mentioned his own problem.
> Frank is undoubtedly receiving the listserv mail itself, just not messages
> I send to his email address direct.
>
> I was just wondering what my ISP did to get in trouble. I can't really
> complain to them - because I work for them or actually the parent company
> and thus my internet is free.
>
> David
>
> At 10:14 PM 10/9/00 -0700, Tab Julius wrote:
>
> >One possibility is that his mailserver is rejecting mail from the
> >list. Some spam filters that are improperly set up will not accept
> >listserv mail. It's possible there was no filter when he signed up, but
> >one was added later by his ISP. Another possibility is that this
> >mailserver was blackballed (banned) from sending stuff to him, either
> >perhaps due to some actual spam that crept through, some multiple message
> >problem, some off-color jokes (about cats?), or who knows what.
> >
> >The "user unknown" is sometimes automatically generated when a server is
> >banned.
> >
> >Or, he could perhaps honestly have closed that account.
> >
> >If you can email him directly but not through the list, that would suggest
> >the list is banned. If no one can email him at all at that account, then
> >perhaps the account is closed.
> >
> >- Tab
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