Re: Loading the Unread mail while disconnected

Article View: bit.listserv.mailbook

Article #2764

Back to bit.listserv.mailbook Previous Next

#2764

From: Chris Barnes
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 1992 14:08

16 lines
1499 bytes

On Thu, 6 Feb 1992 21:50:24 EST Stan Horwitz said:
>Files that are sent to a person who has not cleaned out
>his/her reader should  be bounced back to the sender.


    If I am not mistaken, this is expressly forbidden by RFC
standards.  I remember a discussion along these lines occuring
on LSTSRV-L a while back because many vax and unix mailers
were bouncing mail back for the dreaded "disk-quota exceeded".
Eric Thomas had a few choice words to say about such systems....

      ----------------------------------------------
Chris Barnes            |  "The strongest reason for people to retain
x005cb@tamvm1.tamu.edu  |  the right to keep and bear arms is, as a
(409) 846-3273 (home)   |  last resort, to protect themselves against
(409) 845-8454 (work)   |  tyranny in government." -- Thomas Jefferson

Technical Details

Message-ID: <MAILBOOK%92020708114086@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!TAMVM1.BITNET!X005CB

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10819c,6c52402ff2c76d61
X-Google-Attributes: gid10819c,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-02-07 06:17:46 PST
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!TAMVM1.BITNET!X005CB
Message-ID: <MAILBOOK%92020708114086@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.mailbook
Date:         Fri, 7 Feb 1992 08:08:01 CST
Sender:       RiceMail discussion list <MAILBOOK@RICEVM1.BITNET>
From:         Chris Barnes <X005CB@TAMVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Loading the Unread mail while disconnected
In-Reply-To:  Message of Thu, 6 Feb 1992 21:50:24 EST from <OASIS@TEMPLEVM>