Received: from localhost by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id UAA01480; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:07:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: by cs.cs.utk.edu (bulk_mailer v1.12); Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:07:24 -0400 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (cf v2.9s-UTK) id UAA01432; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:07:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from postman.bayarea.net (LOCALHOST.cs.utk.edu [127.0.0.1]) by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id UAA01419; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:07:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from postman.bayarea.net (205.219.84.13 -> postman.bayarea.net) by CS.UTK.EDU (smtpshim v1.0); Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:07:19 -0400 Received: from dave-vaio (free.88.106.bayarea.net [205.219.88.106]) by postman.bayarea.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA02700; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:07:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.56.19990601164407.00b16210@mail.bayarea.net> X-Sender: dcrocker@mail.bayarea.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.56 (Beta) Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 16:46:00 -0700 To: perry@piermont.com From: Dave Crocker Subject: Re: Just a heads up.... Cc: drums@cs.utk.edu In-Reply-To: <87ogj7ga56.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed List-Unsubscribe: At 10:48 AM 5/26/99 -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: >In other words, Somewhere Out There, some idiots have created one or >more mail systems such that, if someone new joins the company, someone Not only is this, as Brad notes, an old problem, but i have been impressed with just how resistant CIO and other IT staff seem to recognizing the impact of the problem, when it is explained to them. They simply do not believe that the two failure scenarios (rejection or delivery to the wrong person) are likely or serious. d/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Dave Crocker Tel: +1 408 246 8253 Brandenburg Consulting Fax: +1 408 273 6464 675 Spruce Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA