[all] Did your post REALLY bounce?

["linus d. toy" <linust@interramp.com>]

At 11:42 PM 01.30.96 -0500, someone wrote:

>
>The list bounced my first message, I'm forwarding it again.
>
> [DELETED MESSAGE RE-POST]

We've been seeing these re-posts a bit more frequently--before you post
again, check to see if the bounce notice came from your mail server trying
to get out (to coimbra) or if it's from someone else's mail server, probably
telling you that someone's mailbox is full.

The following is from the Welcome message everyone received (and few seem to
have read) when you subscribed:

    *** I got a note about a bounce.  What's that?

    If you submitted a note to the list and you got a bounce message, 
    it doesn't mean that it didn't make it to the list, but that one 
    of the list subscribers could not be reached.  In most cases, you
    don't have to do anything, since I will see a copy of the bounce 
    and try to take care of the problem.  But if you want to, you can 
    forward a copy of the bounce to postmaster at the offending site.

PLEASE check those "bounce" messages before you repost!  Thanks.
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