Probe failure for DEOS-L
L-Soft list server at Penn State (1.8c)
LIST...@LISTS.PSU.EDU has just received the enclosed delivery error as a
result of a probe sent to your DEO...@IFI.UIO.NO account for the DEOS-L
list. If you are reading this message, it means that your mail system is
successfully delivering mail to your mailbox, while at the same time
reporting that an error has occurred (or, alternatively, the error could
be due to a system problem which has since then been fixed). At any rate,
LISTSERV has no way to know that you have actually received the present
message, and is operating on the assumption that your e-mail address is
no longer valid. Typically, LISTSERV will send you one or more additional
probe messages, on a daily basis, to determine whether the failure
persists, and if so you will be removed from the list eventually. Some
lists are configured to remove users on the first failure.
Assuming you have not been removed from the list yet, you can stop this
process by sending the following command to LIST...@LISTS.PSU.EDU as
soon as possible:
CONFIRM DEOS-L
This will tell LISTSERV that your account actually does work and that you
still want to receive mail from the DEOS-L list.
While the CONFIRM command will solve your immediate problem, it is only a
matter of time until you find yourself in the same situation again.
Please take a look at the enclosed error report and try to determine
whether it is a genuine error, or just an informational message. Bear in
mind that this error report was processed by a computer that cannot tell
"User JAIME24 does not exist" from "Please note that the Department of
Microbiology will be closed from December 19 to January 2" or "Attempts
to deliver your message have been unsuccessful for 300 seconds; will keep
trying for another 431700 seconds". These informational messages, while
possibly useful to a human reader, should not be sent in answer to a
message coming from a mailing list (it is very easy for the mail program
to determine whether a message is coming from a mailing list). Genuine
errors should be reported to your computer/network support staff as soon
as possible so that they can be corrected.
------------------------- Delivery error report -------------------------
Received: from PSUVM.PSU.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@PSUVM) by PSUVM.PSU.EDU (LMail V1.2c/1.8c) with BSMTP id 5338; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 08:24:50 -0500
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 07:48:31 -0500
Reply-To: Postm...@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
From: RFC822 mailer (LMail release 1.2c/1.8c) <MAI...@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
Subject: Undelivered mail - BSMTP transaction log
To: owner-DEOS-L*deos-l**IFI*-UIO*-N...@PSUVM.PSU.EDU
An error was detected during BSMTP processing which may have prevented
delivery. The BSMTP transaction log is enclosed below.
---------------------- BSMTP transaction log (11 lines) -----------------------
220 PSUVM.PSU.EDU - LMail V1.2c/1.8c
-> HELO LISTS.PSU.EDU
250 Go ahead.
-> MAIL FROM:<owner-DEOS-L*deos-l**IFI*-UIO*-N...@LISTS.PSU.EDU>
250 Go ahead.
-> RCPT TO:<deo...@IFI.UIO.NO>
250 Go ahead.
-> DATA
354-Go ahead.
354 <message text not shown>
554 Transaction failed - system or configuration error.