Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

From: tony@tagman.demon.co.uk (Tony Evans)

Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

"Brandon Blackmoor" <BBlackmoor@bigfoot.DELERE.com> wrote:

>I've run mailing lists before. The smallest was just a small group of
>friends, less than a half-dozen subscribers. The largest was still small, by
>mailing list standards, numbering somewhere under two hundred subscribers.
>Problems such as you describe were so uncommon as to be non-existent, even
>from Hotmail addresses. But I'm not talking about blocking Hotmail. I'm
>talking about blocking mail from legitimate, established domains.
>Bigfoot.com, in my case.

I run a mailing list at the moment, and of the 70 folk on it, the ones
which cause all the problems are the hotmail, bigfoot, yahoo, etc.,
etc., etc. accounts.

That's as of right now.  At this time, those services are unreliable
and erratic enough to be a problem.  For example, ExciteMail has just
upgraded it's service, and in doing so, trashed a serious % of the
accounts, as you can imagine, that causes problems for list owners.

Even with only 70 subscribers, I get about 10 bounces per outgoing
e-mail, all from hotmail et al.

Tony Evans
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References

rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
"Brandon Blackmoor" <BBlackmoor@bigfoot.DELERE.com>
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
jsjohnso@my-dejanews.com
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
"Brandon Blackmoor" <BBlackmoor@bigfoot.DELERE.com>
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000