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From: bzs@Encore.COM (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: no subject (file transmission)
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Date: 8 Jan 89 16:52:01 GMT
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Organization: Encore Computer Corp, Marlboro, MA
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In-reply-to: sl@van-bc.UUCP's message of 7 Jan 89 09:22:09 GMT
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For the record I did try to fix that offending address in response to
the complaints a few times, I think the ultimate problem was in some
misleading advice from pathalias. Obviously that didn't work so now
the address is gone.

Managing a list of around 300 addresses can often be challenging, I
have over 200 messages in my mailbox right now from the past week or
so representing failed deliveries (usually most are from the same few
addresses which helps somewhat and others are temporary failures which
unfortunately add a lot to the noise, paging thru a few hundred
messages even quickly is work.) Mixed in there are of course
legitimate requests and problems so there's no cheap fix.

I hope people understand how much work and abuse one takes trying to
maintain a large list (not the least of it is sysadmins growling when
something really goes haywire and screws up a host system.) Either
we're tolerant of each other or we all may as well give it up,
foremost one has to remember that no one is paid to run these lists,
it's done in the interstices of one's life (particularly consider this
when complaining that slowness of response to some address change is
costing *you* a few microcents, some people will send a request to
remove at 9AM and then blow their top later the same day if they get
another note from the list.)

Ah well, I guess you ultimately have to believe it's worth it and I do
believe INFO-FUTURES is worth it, fortunately I have a relatively
thick hide.

I consider this particular matter closed.

	-Barry Shein, ||Encore||