full-disclosure - Re: Removing seless email addresses (on FD list)

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Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:10:10 +0000
From: John Cartwright <johnc@...k.org.uk>
To: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Removing seless email addresses (on FD list)

On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:58:58PM +0100, Christian Sciberras wrote:
> It is quite annoying to have a volley of bounce mail form
> non-existent/(re)moved mailboxes.
> 
> Can't we somehow limit this? I recall in other newsgroups software, several
> bounced(reply) emails to a periodic (monthly? bimonthly?) ping would
> automatically retire the email in question (perhaps after a warning or
> something such).

We do. You are seeing the 1% that have odd bounce setups that defeat the
automated bounce processing.  The fact that the bounce comes to you and not
the list will also give you a hint as to why it is hard to catch these :)

When time permits I also examine bounces I receive from sending messages
like this, the List Charter, etc.  This is not a fun task.

As a general point, please do not post administrivia to the list unless
absolutely necessary - email me directly in the first instance, thanks.

Cheers
- John

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