From: Matthew J Ghio <mg5n+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 94 10:23:50 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Administrivia: Questions about the List
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T.C. May wrote:

> Cypherdenizens,
> 
> Sorry to bother the List, but two things have come up that I need
> some feedback on. Two items:
> 
> 1. Is the list sending out messages in a defective (slow) way, or
> is my service (Netcom) bouncing a lot of mail, thus causing
> these delays as toad attempts resends?
...
> First, I seem to be having delays in Cypherpunks mail of about
> 1-2 days on about 5-10% of all messages. This shows up as me
> not seeing messages others are already responding to (because
> 90-95% of all messages are getting to me in the usual prompt
> way). I especially notice this, of course, with my own messages.
> (I can't test whether other mail is being delayed, because I'm
> no longer on Extropians and so Cypherpunks accounts for 95%
> of all my mail.)

It's not just you.  I'm having the exact same problem.  Most messages
get thru rather quickly, but some have gotten delayed, sometimes by
several days...  The problem is appearantly at toad.com.

> The second item is also an administrivia issue: I'm getting
> dozens of error messages from daemon@penet.finland.etc. or
> somesuch (I can't look right now at the precise address) telling
> me my mail cannot be delivered, will not be delivered, is being
> returned, etc. It looks like the old blocks Eric had installed to
> prevent Julf's system from doing this are no longer working.
> (There may be more accurate explanations....)
> 
> Anyone else seeing this? Anything we can do? Does the new
> automated subscription software (majordomo?) have anything
> to do with this?

Same thing.  I've gotten over 50 reject messages from penet so far. :(

I think Julf did a sweep to eliminate "inactive" accounts, and
unfortunantly set the parameters a bit too broad.  My penet account got
killed too.

The offending addresses seem to be:

na56715
na55954
na49546
na69591