Emails Bouncing - Please Help!!
Jeff Vian
jvian10 at charter.net
Mon Apr 24 22:41:31 UTC 2006
On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 15:59 -0400, Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
> > Steven Pasternak wrote:
> >> Hi! I am on a bunch of mailing-lists (this one, kde-linux, and
> >> suse-linux-e), and I have gotten a message from each about my
> >> messages bouncing and my account being suspended. I use thunderbird
> >> 1.5.0.2 on FC5. I have almost 40,000 emails from June '04 saved.
> >> Could I have some sort of virus? Does linux GET viruses? I really
> >> don't want to be permanently canned from the lists, so could anyone
> >> help? Thanks!
> >
> > The list server software has noticed it has been unable to deliver a
> > bunch of mails to your mailbox. To stop wasting time and bandwidth
> > trying to repeatedly deliver every message forever hopelessly again
> > and again, as a safety measure the list software disables your account
> > temporarily and tries to notify you.
> >
> > Examine your mail logs to find out what happened, or if you simply had
> > extended downtime, just re-enable your account on each list.
> >
> > -Andy
> >
> I WAS gone for a week in Florida over spring break; could that be the
> reason?
If your mail box filled up and bounced incoming mail it certainly could
be.
To avoid that, if I am going to be gone for a time I usually unsubscribe
from the lists, then resubscribe when I return.
> -Steven
>
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