Author: Sanjeev \"Ghane\" Gupta Date: To: exim-users, Dave C. CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Delays send to AOL
From: "Philip Hazel" <ph10@???>
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Dave C. wrote:
>
> > It is not the postmasters job to fix addresses mistyped by incompetent
> > boobs. If you want your mail to go through, use the correct address.
>
> When I first got involved with Internet mail, about 12 years ago, it was
> all very flaky and people were experimenting. In those days, everything
> was much more cooperative, and postmasters DID help each other (and
> remote users) in that kind of way. There was a sense of community that
> has since been lost. Nowadays, attitudes have changed, and also the
> volumes are such that one just can't do this any more.
In 1988, it was quite common to _send_ mail to the postmaster, to ask for
the address of a user, eg, to postmaster@???, for the address of a
Faculty Member.
The success rate was high enough that this was the _first_ thing to try,
before attempting variations on firstname.lastname.
