Article: 16728 of alt.sysadmin.recovery From: hmv@port.ac.uk (Mike Meredith at home) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.recovery Subject: Re: Silly little mail admins Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 13:00:41 +0100 Lines: 20 Sender: mike@port.ac.uk Approved: me Message-ID: <9t63ba.lce.ln@herpesF.hmv.net> References: <0sbpaa.csq.ln@herpesF.hmv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem-2273.buffalo.dialup.pol.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk 1020600154 31264 217.134.72.225 (5 May 2002 12:02:34 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 May 2002 12:02:34 GMT X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!iad-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!diablo.theplanet.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.net!herpesF.hmv.net!nobody Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.sysadmin.recovery:16728 In article , Marc Haber writes: > Toni Lassila wrote: >>They must have sent tons of e-mail to inform you of the problem by now. > > Maybe Mike has only revoked relay privileges, having his mail server > still accept mails for Mike's local domains from the site in question. That's indeed the case. Besides the 'techies' at the site in question are most likely to use the phone. > > "Columbia Internet, Greg speaking. What's your e-mail problem?" - > *mumble* - "Oh, you don't have an e-mail problem? Fine. Then you can > send me e-mail describing your problem" *clic* Indeed ... as far as I'm concerned the phone on my desk is for getting pizza in. If the problem is so severe that you can't send mail, then it isn't my problem. Shame the lusers don't see it that way.