[OS X TeX] junk

[Alain Schremmer]

Well, I got over 2200 which I just succeeded to trash out of Verizon's. 
But since Verizon has no facility to search and select all files with a 
given name, I had to get rid of the whole InBox. So, I don't know what 
happened.

But I am worried: Could the stupidity and ignorance have been mine?

Last Friday, Mac's Mail went bonkers on me. It started creating copies 
of a file in the draft folder at a high rate and then it would "quit 
unexpectedly". Nothing but force quit could stop it. I tried six or 
seven times and duly reported to Apple but then gave up and reverted to 
Mozilla mail, losing all my mail.

I started Mail once more on Monday night to see if I could salvage 
something I needed. Same thing.

I hope this is only a coincidence.
If not, I apologize to all.

Regards
--schremmer


Stephan Hochhaus wrote:

> Well, hello!
>
> Granted, it is mostly stupidity and ignorance of a user that something 
> like this "error-mail-flooding" happens, but isn't it possible to use 
> modern-day technology to aid in finding better control of those 
> situations?
> Is it possible to adjust the mailing-list software so that a user who 
> obviously spams the list is blocked until he contacts a list admin? 
> The trigger could be a number of x messages in a given amount of time. 
> Let's say a sender lets 10 mails lose on the list within two minutes 
> (hoping that noone here can type that fast) OR a sender sends ten 
> messages with the same bodytext the block becomes active.
> Any thoughts on such a solution in order to avoid 1200+ mails spamming 
> every subscriber?
>
> Stephan
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