I get some bounces from folks who are not on my list. But I also administer the boards for my county, and have it set up so that the board messages (query, etc) also go to the list. I discovered that some bounces were related to replies to board messages. Fyi - Gloria At 05:33 PM 7/16/01 +0200, Don Arnoldus wrote: >Re: Nondeliverable mail (Pat #106882) > >Valorie Zimmerman <valoriez@zimres.net> wrote: > > > Don, without the crucial "X-diagnostic" lines, it really is impossible > > to say. Have you searched for "wjkunnen" and found no matches? Was one > > of those bounce messages the one where Smartlist removed the address for > > you? > > > > This is the sort of issue to take to Listowners-L or Newbie-Listowner-L, > > where the experts reside. Looking at YOUR headers, I see that you use > > Netscape -- it is simple as pie to display full headers in NS. Either > > click View > Headers > All and forward, or just click Control U and > > copy/paste the full headers into a new message. > > > > Look through those bounces first, though, and see if you can't find one > > that says "X-diagnostic: Removed wjkunnen@hetnet.nl" > > > > If that has happened, you are in the "wait it out" stage. > > > > Valorie > > > > Don Arnoldus wrote: > > > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > > > Since May 29 I received as listowner many messages beginning with > > > > Nondeliverable mail > > > > ... > > > > ------Transcript of session follows ------- > > > > wjkunnen@hetnet.nl > > > > The intended recipient's mailbox is full. > > > > ... > > > followed by several lines with other notitions plus a quote of the > > > original message to my list. > > > > > > The address 'wjkunnen@hetnet.nl' is not one of my list members (-L > > > neither -D). > > > > > > Every message to my list NL-NOORD-HOLLAND-L gives such return message. > > > > > > Does anyone know how to stop this flood of messages? > > <snip> > >Hi Valerie, > >Thank you for your reaction. Like I said, the problem exists since May >29th. >Below some X-diagnostic lines for your interest (I kept all the return >messages). >I'm just a user, not an E-mail expert, so the header lines say nothing >to me. > >Meamwhile I'm in contact with RootsWeb's helpdesk. They are >researching the problem too. > >Don Arnoldus > >=== > >29-05-2001 13:57 > >X-Diagnostic: Mail to wjkunnen@hetnet.nl bounced 1 times >X-Diagnostic: Mail coming from a daemon, ignored >X-Diagnostic: Possible loopback problem > >30-05-2001 00:42 > >X-Diagnostic: Mail to wjkunnen@hetnet.nl bounced 7 times >X-Diagnostic: Mail coming from a daemon, ignored >X-Diagnostic: Possible loopback problem > >31-05-2001 01:58 > >X-Diagnostic: Mail to wjkunnen@hetnet.nl bounced 15 times >X-Diagnostic: Bounces exceed threshold of 8 >X-Diagnostic: Not confident enough to autoremove the offending address >72 w.j.ponne@hetnet.nl > 17851 wjkunnen@hetnet.nl >X-Diagnostic: Mail coming from a daemon, ignored >X-Diagnostic: Possible loopback problem > >*) You must know ...@hetnet.nl is one of the leading internet >providers > here in The Netherlands with many, many members. > >01-06-2001 02:36 > >X-Diagnostic: Mail to wjkunnen@hetnet.nl bounced 22 times >... > >08-06-2001 10:39 > >X-Diagnostic: Mail to wjkunnen@hetnet.nl bounced 56 times >... > >*) After that message the bouncing timer got confused. > Below the first X-Diagnostic line of the 146th return message >(today): > >16-07-2001 11:06 > >X-Diagnostic: Mail to wjkunnen@hetnet.nl bounced 18 times > > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

That was true in the past, Gloria, and those bounces could be very confusing. But we will no longer get any board bounces at all. So our listowner job just got a little easier. :) Valorie Gloria Bronte Lane wrote: > > I get some bounces from folks who are not on my list. But I also > administer the boards for my county, and have it set up so that the board > messages (query, etc) also go to the list. I discovered that some bounces > were related to replies to board messages. Fyi -