[Mailman-Developers] Re: bounce agressiveness

[Janne Sinkkonen]

John Viega <viega@list.org> writes:

> I do like the idea of sending daily mail for actually an extended
> period of time.  Maybe it could be every 3rd day for 60 days, since
> mail generally doesn't get rejected as undeliverable for 3 days.  We
> could use the confirmation mechanism to let people get back on the
> list.

Or by an exponential schedule, say after 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 days.
Why? Well, less trying, and because recovery of an address becomes
more and more improbable when time passes (most network problems are
short in duration). 

-- 
Janne