Re: More problems with the UUCP maps

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From: Bill Fenner
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 02:57

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In article <1993Jan19.124933.1397@globv1.hacktic.nl> peter@globv1.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser) writes:
|The underlying assumption you made is that every mail package returns bounces
|when it can't find the addressed user. Are there any statistics that support
|this assumption?

No, I based it on my experience.  The only packages I've ever seen that do
not return bounces to the sender when they cannot find the user are MS-DOS
mailers.

|Such a postmaster probably wouldn't see the ``kicks'' and hit the
|"delete" key instead of the "bounce" key.

Well, I explained what the purpose of the mail was in the body of the message,
so if they were interested in contributing to the survey, they would send me
a message.  In fact, I got three manual bounces during the course of the
survey.

  Bill

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