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Re: Problems with hotmail.com? |
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From: |
edmonds @
cs .
ubc .
ca (Brian Edmonds) |
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Date: |
25 Nov 1996 06:22:44 -0800 |
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To: |
List-Managers @
GreatCircle .
COM |
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from mornir.gweep.bc.ca by edmonds.home.cs.ubc.ca (Sendmail 8.7.5)with SMTP id GAA16371; Mon, 25 Nov 1996 06:22:55 -0800 |
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jeffw@smoe.org's message of Sun, 24 Nov 96 15:31:21 EST |
Jeff Wasilko <jeffw@smoe.org> writes:
> This has been going on for the past few weeks, and attempts to contact
> the folks at hotmail.com haven't worked...
Hotmail seems to have been experiencing ongoing mail problems for at
least the past month. I wouldn't be surprised if it's due to heavy mail
load following one of their users spamming. Every time they hit the
five day wall on one of my lists I simply go into the sendmail queue and
erase all jobs for hotmail, and either nuke the subscriber entirely or
move it to the corresponding digest list.
It appears that mail does go through sometimes, but I'm not about to
impact the performance of my lists or mail server just for a bunch of
freeloaders who won't find a more reliable provider. (Hotmail provides
free email service in exchange for being able to advertise in your
face.)
Brian.
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