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Thanks a lot to all for your helpful answers. Now I have already received
the official response from Phys-L.org with some additional info. Just in
case, I am forwarding it to the List.
On Wednesday, May 11, 2016 9:18 AM, Mark Kimball <
phydocmarko@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Moses,
I apologize for not replying sooner. Currently I'm on vacation in aremote location in Maine and gained internet >access this morning.
the list?1) Why did I start receiving this message? Had I violated any rules of
You have not violated any rules of the list. It is an indication thatyour domain, yahoo.com, is not accepting certain >messages.
bounces if the >>email address is wrong. This cannot be the case here since2) What does "excessive bounces" mean? In my understanding, the message
my messages to the List were just >>responses to the given address.
A quick look at the log files show that Yahoo.com is not acceptingparticular messages from the list based upon >their determination that they
cannot verify the original sender's domain being valid. This has nothing to
do with the >Phys-l list itself. What the list does see is it cannot
deliver those messages after many attempts and sends you the >message you
received automatically.
It appears that the non-deliverable messages took your bounce numberabove 5 once again. You may read more >about the automatic bounce
processing of the list here: http://web.mit.edu/lists/mailman/bounce.html
I may make a change to the way the list handles the "From: " field inmessages sent from the list to individual users >to lessen the occurrence
of these "errors". However, this is not something I wish to do with spotty
access to the list.
his/her message, with the reason for the bounce. I had never got any such3) Usually the sender gets automatically notified of any bounce of
individual notifications before the cited warning.
Since these bounces are a return of a message being delivered to youraccount but failing to succeed, you should >not receive any such
notification.
were they directed back >>to me alone?4) Were my bounced messages still received by all the List members or
I believe all messages sent by you from your yahoo.com account have beenreceived by all list members. You >may verify this yourself by comparing
messages you sent to those found in the archives: www.phys-l.org/archives.
Please feel free to reply to this email address (phydocmarko@gmail.com)in the case you have other questions or >find some messages sent by you
have not appeared in the archives.
Sincerely,
Mark Kimball, Administrator
phys-l.org
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