Posted by Wanda Loskot on October 26, 1998 at 19:00:53:
In Reply to: Bouncing back newsletters posted by Max Gwysdon on October 25, 1998 at 22:25:07:
: The problem is I don't want to keep those dead addreses on the list, but
: but I don't want to keep receiving a lot of bounced mail back.
Max, it is important to clear your list, because you might be getting more
and more od bounced mail and once things get out of hand it will drive you
nuts.
Some letters come back because the address or server is non-existent
and this will say "the address has permanent error" or "fatal error"
and you can delete those (those are people who changed servers or perhaps
didn't give you right address to begin with) - other will indicate that
"the mailbox is full" or "transient error" or "I will keep trying to
deliver" - wait with those for a few more issues.
Generally remember the most important - read those messages from the
postmaster!