I don't see the emails from the list.

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Sep 26, 2007, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>Quoting Mike Fedko (Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:02:31 -0400):
>
>> I have subscribed to the filepro list. I don't get any emails from   
>> the list. The only response I received from the list is one from   
>> Mike Schwartz who also sent it direct to my email also. Can someone   
>> help with this.
>
>Well, they're definitely coming through.  And, as I recall, this list
>is set up so that only subscribers can post.  (Bill can confirm or
>refute this.)  And, had messages to you been bouncing, you would have
>been unsubscribed.

Yes, the list is subscriber only, but I regularly approve
legitimate postings from non-subscribers.

I've seen Mailman suspend subscriptions to one or more
adelphia addresses as a result of multiple bounces.  I don't
remember the details, but the bounces may well have been things
like exceeding quotas.

>So, it sounds like the messages are being sent to you, but something
>on your end is filtering them out.  Check with your ISP.  Perhaps they
>have implemented some "silent" filtering, which simply throws anything
>that they decide is spam into the bit bucket without informing the
>sender or recipient.

Some ISPs are using ``grey listing'', a process in which messages
are initially rejected with a 400 series SMTP message, later to
be accepted.  The idea is that legitimate MTAs (Mail Transport
Agents) will retry later while spammer's malware probably won't.
This may result in delays sending messages to these ISPs.

On a somewhat related note, e-mail complaints to AOL that result
in AOL's sending us ``SCOMP'' notices will result in the related
address being removed from the list without notice.

Bill
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