When I first set up these lists, I set the configuration so that any su*bscription or un*su*bscription request that was sent to the actual lists would be bounced to my inbox, rather than sent to all of you. That was all well and good. Some stuff on the server that hosts LinuxChix.org has recently been changed, however, and it appears that the bounce filter that took care of this stuff has been tuned to a point of over-sensitivity. As a result, it appears that any message containing any word that begins with "su*b" or "un*s" (without the "*") will be bounced. This is, of course, completely unacceptable. I've contacted the system administrator to see if this can be fixed. In the mean time, I'm going to shut off that option in the list configurations, because (to be frank) I'm getting sick of forwarding on messages that were bounced for no good reason :> This is no one's "fault" of course...it's just that computers are notoriously good at doing _exactly_ what we tell them to do, in a rather relentless and cold-hearted manner :> Unfortunately, once I switch that bit of the configuration off, you may receive messages from people who erroneously send su*bscribe and un*su*bscribe requests to the list. I know that this can be annoying because it's basically spam, but right now the bounce filter is causing more harm than good. Please be patient while I try to track down and get the problem fixed). Thanks. - deb -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
