Path: utzoo!telly!ddsw1!lll-winken!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU!tower From: tower@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) Newsgroups: gnu.gcc.bug Subject: don't send mail a 2nd time, when a MAILER-DAEMON reports a few problems. Message-ID: <8810042335.AA01567@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu> Date: 4 Oct 88 23:35:36 GMT References: <8810042054.AA00191@bayes.arc.nasa.gov> Sender: daemon@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Distribution: gnu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet Lines: 23 Date: Tue, 4 Oct 88 13:54:10 PDT From: Matthew Self I am having trouble mailing to gcc-bug: ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 421 turing.unm.edu.tcp... Deferred: Connection timed out during user open with turing.unm.edu Here is my message again: [REST DELETED] All this message from a mailer means is that your mail failed to reach ONE address on the list. Such messages are NEVER a reason to resend a piece of mail a 2nd time. This just bothers all (N - one) of the readers of the list with a message they have already seen. It also wastes computer and network resources. It is appropriate to send these to the -request address for a list, in this case, , and ask them to check delivery out. thanx -len