On 8/12/06, Keith Elmo Eldridge <Elmo@aphelia.co.uk> wrote: > > and this migration's testing has been far from extensive or intensive. > There's ALREADY a sign of a problem ... don't know if any other poster has experienced this ... but, in 'response' to my two prior postings in this thread, I received the following in response to each ... From: postoffice <postoffice> Mailed-By: earthlink.net To: mjmgenealogy@gmail.com Date: Aug 12, 2006 9:22 PM Subject: Returned mail: User unknown The original message was received at 2006-08-12 19:18:30 -0700 from postoffice.local. [10.0.0.1] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <dixiesmith@earthlink.net> -----Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to postoffice.local..: >>> RCPT To:<dixiesmith@earthlink.net> <<< 550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias: dixiesmith@earthlink.net 550 <dixiesmith@earthlink.net>... User unknown and so on, and so on .... I, as a subscriber, have NEVER received these kind of messages before. I believe this is the 'stuff' that list admins usually deal with. Why did 'I' receive TWO of these? Perhaps a 'glitch'? a flaw in the system, perhaps? This is the kind of thing I suspect will become more numerous as the 'migration' is implemented. Not just changing filters, etc. but cleaning up the 'fallout'.

I have got these on RW before if I had replied to the list and a bad address, and/or maybe they had their reply to field filled out to reply to them . Dan M ----- Original Message ----- From: <mjmgenealogy@gmail.com> To: <list-update@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [LIST-UPDATE] Just so nobody can claim having had nocomplaints... > On 8/12/06, Keith Elmo Eldridge <Elmo@aphelia.co.uk> wrote: > > > > and this migration's testing has been far from extensive or intensive. > > > > > There's ALREADY a sign of a problem ... don't know if any other poster > has experienced this ... but, in 'response' to my two prior postings > in this thread, I received the following in response to each ...

I received a similar message The original message was received at 2006-08-12 19:18:30 -0700 from postoffice.local. [10.0.0.1] ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- <dixiesmith@earthlink.net> -----Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to postoffice.local..: >>> RCPT To:<dixiesmith@earthlink.net> <<< 550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias: dixiesmith@earthlink.net 550 <dixiesmith@earthlink.net>... User unknown Why did I receive this message? Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: list-update-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:list-update-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > mjmgenealogy@gmail.com > Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:45 PM > To: list-update@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIST-UPDATE] Just so nobody can claim having > had nocomplaints... > > On 8/12/06, Keith Elmo Eldridge <Elmo@aphelia.co.uk> wrote: > > > > and this migration's testing has been far from extensive or > intensive. > > > > > There's ALREADY a sign of a problem ... don't know if any > other poster has experienced this ... but, in 'response' to > my two prior postings in this thread, I received the > following in response to each ... > > From: postoffice <postoffice> Mailed-By: earthlink.net > To: mjmgenealogy@gmail.com > Date: Aug 12, 2006 9:22 PM > Subject: Returned mail: User unknown > The original message was received at 2006-08-12 19:18:30 > -0700 from postoffice.local. [10.0.0.1] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors > ----- <dixiesmith@earthlink.net> > > -----Transcript of session follows ----- ... while talking to > postoffice.local..: > >>> RCPT To:<dixiesmith@earthlink.net> > <<< 550 5.1.1 unknown or illegal alias: > dixiesmith@earthlink.net 550 <dixiesmith@earthlink.net>... > User unknown > > > and so on, and so on .... > I, as a subscriber, have NEVER received these kind of messages before. > > I believe this is the 'stuff' that list admins usually deal > with. Why did 'I' receive TWO of these? Perhaps a 'glitch'? > a flaw in the system, perhaps? > > This is the kind of thing I suspect will become more numerous > as the 'migration' is implemented. > Not just changing filters, etc. but cleaning up the 'fallout'. > > ************************** > This list is reserved for discussion of topics related to the > update of the mailing lists. List Admins should discuss > admin-specific topics (like settings and tools) on the > ListOwners-L@rootsweb.com list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LIST-UPDATE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message