From: afn03257 AT freenet2 DOT afn DOT org (Daniel P Hudson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Emal messages bounced back?
Date: 21 Jan 1997 19:24:07 GMT
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"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com> wrote:

>It is my custom to reply to all questions on the newsgroup via both news
>and email to ensure reaching the original poster.  However, in the past

 Why? If they posted in usenet, then surely then know well enough to read
the solution there also. Besides off-line readers don't x-ref mail and
usenet to prevent duplication of messages. In other words people are
downloading twice as much when you do that.

>the subject "<< Empfaenger bekannt, Mail unzustellbar".  Since the

 Something close to "User or host unknown," it is a standard usenet
 phrase returned when mail can not reach its intended victim, I mean
 reader. ;-). It looks like his e-mail adress is incorrect.

>I tried emailing this person but my email was bounced back to me in the
>same way.  Could somebody please ask him to stop bombarding me with
>messages, or at least tell me what in the heck he's trying to say?  For
>what it's worth, his Organization is listed as "Birdland BBS,
>Dettingen/Teck, South Germany, +49-7021-862428".  I really don't want to
>spend money calling them unless it's absolutely necessary...

 Why? Just bounce his or add him to a filter, yourt server should
 support this.