OFF: What's happening??

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, mike c wrote:

=> "well a few of us have been banned from yahoo groups without even a warning:"
=>
=> Please allow me this slip in people,,,,,
=> Micheal, we are not certain that we have been banned. I admit it seems a
=> strong possibility, but we are not 100% certain that it's not
=> malfunctioning...

Wise words indeed, Mike.  For one, folks should check they're not
sending mail in HTML format to mailing lists/groups that may have been
(recently) configured to reject it.  Secondly, it may be that the mail
relay you use has appeared in one of the RBL databases (e.g., as an
"open relay"), and so you should complain to your ISP about that one.
(Doug Pearson and Keith Henderson abruptly dropped off BOC-L due to
that.)

Having said all that, some list owners might see an incessant barrage of
repeated quoted messages with "me too!" or "LOL!" prepended as a denial
of service attack on their list, and take appropriate steps... >;-)

Cheers,

Paul.

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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