Re: [Phys-l] WHAT ARE "EXCESSIVE BOUNCES" ?

["John Clement" <clement@hal-pc.org>]

But I doubt that the URL is pointing to a dangerous place.  If the message
is plain text, then the URL is transparent in that you can see where it
directs your browser.  But if HTML the URL you see may not be the URL you
get.  Since the reapply URL is split over 2 lines it may not work correctly,
and so it may be judged to be a fake.  Maybe the list administrator can
weigh in on this topic.

Bounce is a rather generic term, so the error message needs more
information, if it is indeed genuine.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX

> Not a correction - but suggesting a possibility.
>
> Someone else reports that the 're-apply' url was fake.
> Could be that some one got ahold of some Phys-L addresses and was
> perpetrating a hoax of some sort.
>
> If you were indeed NOT getting the usual plethora of Phys-L posts -
> then your server was probably having a bad day.
> If you WERE still getting the posts - then it could have been a hoax
> of some sort.
>
> If that really IS your Phys-L password - then you will want to change
> it.
> It's not a very secure security system that even HAS the ability to
> send the password in plaintext.
>
> > I think PHYS-L has sent posts to your server that are refused.  I
> > think that's what's mean by bouncing.  Usually the reason for the
> > bounce is the server is "down".   Sometimes it (to be
> > anthropomorphic) thinks it's spam or contains a virus, etc. and
> > "bounces it.