Re: [epub] When to unsubscribe addresses

["Ray S. Whiting" <rwhiting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When I took Two Scoops away from eGroups and starting publishing it myself
and handling it all, I was more lenient ... obviously I deleted all those
addresses that bounced back with "User Unknown", but I held off a while on
addresses that said "Mailbox full"  or "Over quota" or some such thing.  It
got to be a hassle checking "now how many times has this address
bounced.."    It is very clearly stated at the top of Two Scoops and You Are
The Light "Bounced addresses will be unsubscribed."

And, during this holiday season, I anticipate a LOT of full mailboxes, so I
just took a haitus, not publishing for the next two weekends!  :-)

Ray Whiting


Sheila King wrote:

> One of the fun, new things I have been learning this past month, as I
> have started managing my own list software, is how to handle and deal
> with bounce messages and undelivered mail.
>
> I believe there is a balance between the amount of time that I should
> spend on this problem, and trying to retain subscribers.
>
> I have a hotmail address, that is subscribed to my list. I took over
> control of my list on Nov. 15th (stopped using Topica.com). This person
> has never posted a message to my list. Some time after that, I started
> getting bounce messages from hotmail, saying the user's account is
> inactive. I set this subscription to "no mail" on Dec. 9th.
>
> Reviewing hotmail's TOS, it takes 60 days of not accessing the account
> before it is set to inactive status. I have sent a few test messages to
> the account, but they all come back with the "inactive" message from
> hotmail.
>
> Would you delete this address? Does it seem likely this person will ever
> start using their account again?
>
> --
> Sheila King

--
Ray Whiting
rwhiting@bellsouth.net
or ray@twoscoops.com
http://www.twoscoops.com




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