Bounces, etc.--You might want to keep this
Mary Sue Ittner (Sat, 28 Jun 2003 08:35:29 PDT)

Dear All,

Here is a bit of information that may answer questions that come up from
time to time about receiving email on the pbs list.

There will be times that people are busy or away and the messages are few.
If you are worried that you aren't getting mail, you can always check the
archives. If there is nothing there, (unless ibiblio is having a problem)
it means things are slow and no one is posting. Every message we receive
tells you how to access the archives.

If you look on the archives and there are messages you haven't been getting
there can be several reasons. First your own server may be having problems
and you may get the mail later. I've had that problem and so have a number
of others who have written me privately.

Second your server may be bouncing messages from pbs. This also happened
with a few of our subscribers who were able to contact their server and
correct the problem. Your server may have decided the pbs messages are spam
and you just need to let them know. A few of you have created filters that
exclude certain domains and when one of our subscribers writes a note to
our list from that domain you won't get it. I try to write to ask if you
want to exclude that person the first time that happens, but if I don't get
a response back usually just assume that that person doesn't want to get
those posts.

Your email may have been disabled by ibiblio. It does this after a number
of messages from our list have been returned. It sends a message telling
you this has happened, but if all the messages are coming back because you
no longer have this email address or your mail box is full you won't get
this message either. I write too, but if the message to me is returned I
can't really do much more.

On every email message there is the url for our home page:
http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php
If you click on this you get all the information about our list, how to
post, etc. On the very bottom of this page you can access your own
subscription by typing in your email address. You will need to know your
password but once you have put in your email address (the one you used to
subscribe to our list if you have several), there is a spot you can ask to
be sent your password if you have forgotten it. Once you have accessed your
subscription information you can change it how ever you want. There are
many choices (digest, nomail, getting duplicates, getting copies of your
posts, the format for posts, etc.) When you go on vacation please set it to
nomail instead of unsubscribing. It makes it easier for us to keep track
and if you are somewhere you can access your email and want to send us a
message you can still do that. If you have been disabled for excessive
bounces you will have been set to nomail by the system and can change that.

If you know why it has been bouncing (your were away and your box was full
for example), then enabling it is all you need to do. But if you don't know
why, I suggest you contact your individual provider first as that is
usually the source of the problem.

I hope this helps.

Mary Sue
PBS Administrator