[Xitami] problem n apology

[Jeff Scarlets]

thank you. i assure you that such an error shall not occur. and once again i
apologize for an inconveniences i caused and thank you again for being
patient with me.

yours sincerely,
  jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ewen McNeill" <ewen@imatix.com>
To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Xitami] problem n apology


> In message <001601c11522$74977980$69209cca@PROZAK>, "Jeff Scarlets"
writes:
> >it just came to my attention that my mailing list server is causing
> >problems. on my local mail server i set the alias to send mail to
> >jeff@scarlets.ath.cx to my actual account. however i did not realize
> >that there is a loop within. i have removed the server and hopefully
> >fixed the problem.
>
> Thanks.  You came very close to being removed from the list, and
> possibly banned from it: mail configuration errors that send their error
> messages back to the list are very bad, and ones that then process their
> own input (ie, feeding on their own problems) are very very bad.
>
> (For those wondering I was doing little things like sleeping, which is
> why it didn't get removed earlier.  Sorry for the inconvenience.)
>
> Anyway planning on forwarding messages from the mailing list somewhere
> should be _very_ careful to test it properly, and monitor it in case
> something goes wrong.  And very very careful that it doesn't send error
> messages back to the mailing list, or people who post to thel list.
>
> Ewen
>
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