Aucbvax.4769
fa.unix-wizards
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards
Wed Oct 28 20:20:32 1981
mailing list distributions
Via: Ucb-C70.ArpaNet; 28 Oct 81 19:49-PDT
In-real-life: Steven M. Bellovin
The problem we've all been complaining about recently is that some
mail systems (often MMDF, from U. of Delaware, I think) try to warn
you if a message is delayed, or can't be delivered. It's a good idea
for personal communications, as Dave Crocker mentioned, but seems to
fail when used for broad-spectrum mailing lists. My take is that a
single mechanism is being used for two different purposes, and that
*two* types of lists are needed -- the second type would be used for
things like unix-wizards, and failure messages would go to the list
maintainer, listing only the recipients who did not get the message.
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