Message Server Gone Mad Has been Turned Off!

[Yuri J Sos <steam4me@enternet.com.au>]

On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 10:46:15 +1000, you wrote, and I selectively
quote:

>At 10:17 AM 10/23/99 +1000, Stefan and Bob and Darren and Yuri wrote:
>Can someone tell me why I received this message over 100+ times in the last
>hour or so??

The answer is very simple.

Tim has set his mail server to reply with that standard message to
every email that arrives at his inbox.

So his server replies to a "sightings" message which goes out to the
sightings list of which he is a member and then that advice comes
straight back into his inbox where it generates another standard
message which goes out to the sightings list of which he is a member
and then that advice comes straight back into his inbox where it
generates another standard message which goes out to the sightings
list of which he is a member and then that advice comes straight back
into his inbox where it generates another standard message which goes
out to the sightings list of which he is a member and then that advice
comes straight back into his inbox where it generates another standard
message which goes out to the sightings list of which he is a
member....... you get the picture <g!>

I've rung the number and they've turned off the server, but the
simplest thing to do is for Brian and/or David to remove Tim from the
sightings list until 12 November.

       
Regards

Yuri
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