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Article #2326Re: Mindspring?
From: Eric
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <4jfu0o$9vc@stealth100.mindspring.com> "Steven A. DuChene" <sad@sduchene.mindspring.com> writes: >> >>The value of a static IP address is somewhat overrated. I think the >>original poster is talking about his use of e-mail addresses like >><X@username.mindspring.com>, which cause mail to be delivered directly >>to the SMTP daemon on his dialup machine. We try to discourage that >>approach because it can lead to unpredictable mail loss and delays if >>he's not connected when delivery is attempted. >> > I have been doing exactly that for almost a year now and haven't had > any problems so far. I belong to at least three different mailing > lists and regularly receive all the messages from those lists. > Steve, I hate to point out outherwise, but everytime I send you e-mail, I get messages because sendmail cannot connect to your machine for over 4 hours. The postmaster at my site gets it too. I know that the message is harmless, but it can be annoying. -Eric. -- -- Eric Z. Ayers Phone: 404-705-2864 Computer Generation, Inc. FAX: 404-705-2805 5775 Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd., Building G, 4th Floor Atlanta, GA 30342 eric@compgen.com "That of which one cannot speak, one must not speak." -L.W.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,bbdcf0c21e896572 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: fc7b2,bbdcf0c21e896572 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc7b2,public From: eric@uxeric.compgen.com (Eric) Subject: Re: Mindspring? Date: 1996/04/01 Message-ID: <ERIC.96Apr1170726@uxeric.compgen.com> X-Deja-AN: 145301789 references: <4ivmh7$dtp@juliana.sprynet.com> organization: Internet Atlanta reply-to: Eric.Ayers@compgen.com newsgroups: alt.internet.services,atl.general