Date   : Wed, 07 Sep 1994 18:24:04 +0100 (BST)
From   : clr1@...
Subject: Re: Mail to pipex.net erroneously bounced

> Between 00:21 and 07:01 UTC this morning (Tuesday 6th September, 01:21
> - 08:01 local time), all mail to users @pipex.net was bounced, due to a
> human error.

Tsk tsk tsk, Tim... I guess it was you, seeing as it's you who's apologising!

> In addition, mail explicitly source routed via PIPEX was bounced.  Note
> that source routing of mail is strongly discouraged on the Internet.

Hey, I wouldn't do it if I knew what it was...

> This message is being sent to you because you sent one or more messages
> which were erroneously bounced.  Details can be found in the log
> extracts below.

I can hardly contain myself...

> Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience.  Steps have been
> taken to ensure that the same failure mode will not recur.

So where are you working now?   ;-)

> Regards,

Likewise.

> Tim Goodwin
> PIPEX Postmaster

Or is that Ex PIPEX Postmaster?

>  9/ 6 2:07:01 submit 28107 (#0 ) ok "msg.28107-0" gb-janet -> smtp
p1msgid="[/PRMD=pipex/ADMD=pipex/C=gb/;<4iOvRhC00gj4MuJFAw@...]"
size=1715 sender="info-andrew-request@..." "cbl.leeds.ac.uk"
recip="@pipex.co.uk:info-andrew@..." submit-time="9:6:1:27:25" >

Goodness me, Tim, how interesting...

> 9/ 6 4:05:48 submit 03919 (#0 ) ok "msg.03919-0" smtp -> smtp
p1msgid="[/PRMD=pipex/ADMD=pipex/C=gb/;<9409060251.AA17683@...]"
size=1692 sender="iepg-approval@..." "nico.aarnet.edu.au"
recip="keith@..." submit-time="9:6:3:51:42" > > 9/ 6 4:13:31 submit
04263 (#0 ) ok "msg.04263-0" smtp -> smtp
p1msgid="[/PRMD=pipex/ADMD=pipex/C=gb/;<9409060238.AA09708@...]"
size=2869 sender="hwb@..." "merit.edu" recip="keith@..."
submit-time="9:6:3:38:18" > > 9/ 6 4:15:15 submit 04341 (#0 ) ok
"msg.04341-0" local-smtp -> smtp

Hmm. I think someone's picked up your phone.

p1msgid="[/PRMD=pipex/ADMD=pipex/C=gb/;<199409060315.EAA14787@...]"
size=3721 sender="philip@..." "relay2.pipex.net"
recip="philip@..." submit-time="9:6:4:15:10" > > 9/ 6 4:19:48 submit
04527 (#0 ) ok "msg.04527-0" gb-janet -> smtp
p1msgid="[/PRMD=pipex/ADMD=pipex/C=gb/;<199409060318.NAA17130@...]"
size=1284

Lovely! Do you have disk quotas where you come from?

sender="@cs.st-andrews.ac.uk,@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk:quan@..."
"cs.st-andrews.ac.uk" recip="@PIPEX.CO.UK:tim@..."
submit-time="9:6:19:18:24" > > 9/ 6 4:20:13 submit 04553 (#0 ) ok
"msg.04553-0" local-smtp -> smtp

Evidently not.

Well folks, I skipped some of it but you get the idea... anyone else get 
one of these?  ;-)

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