After successfully running my automated email list test I discovered a few problems.  I had a some bounced messages which indicate defunct addresses or closed accounts (not unusual)  and a couple with the misspelled domain names.  Some of ya are probably wondering how I can tell, well I will try to explain as best as I can. 

• A closed account is relatively easy to decipher because in the header ya can read that the message actually got to its destination (the domain name) but the mail server (postmaster or daemon) actually responds by indicating it was unable to locate the person in the lookup list.  This can result from either the account being terminated or possibly the name was misspelled.  If the name is misspelled I can do nothing about it--my list is autonomous.  The email address shall be removed from the list to prevent further bounced mail from that particular account. 
  
  
• Misspelled domain names are not as obvious to determine but the trick to identifying the error message is to really read the message.  Sometimes it is difficult due to your ISP, but the error message sez something like "...could not find domain.name ...".  That is my ISP saying it could not find the domain name out on the Internet or master lookup list.  Now this could result in the domain name being temporarily out-of-service--which happens occasionally due to router problems, telco problems, ISP down or simply (or accidently) the domain name is misspelled.   For example: someone added their address to my list, when I read the error message, Charm Net said it could not find "pridogy.com".  Well I staired at the message for a few moments and realized that the domain pridogy was actually misspelled and should have been prodigy.com!!!
  
  
• So please be carefull when entering your email address.  If you are not sure of the spelling, the best thing to do is to go into your email client's setup, select and copy the address and then paste it into my form.  That way there can be no mistakes until you have remembered your email address like your SSN or street address.

Hope this helps.      Thank you, the WebMaster, mb.

Last Updated: 04/14/98