Membership Drop on HP4GU

[pengolodh_sc]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter "coriolan_cmc2001" wrote:
> Just over a week ago, HP4GU listed about 4200 members. Now
> it's dropped to below 4000.  Was there some policy stance
> proclaimed by  the moderators that prompted 200 plus folks to
> resign or protest? Is some assiduous soul weeding out defunct
> e-mail addresses? Or is there some other explanation at work?
> 
>   - CMC

I think Yahoo!Groups has a policy of weeding out members with 
bouncing mailaddresses - if a number of messages from the group 
go ::bounce!::, I think Yahoo!Groups simply unsubs that address.  I 
have seen messages to this effect from mods of various Groups I am 
on.  The problem is most pronounced with Hotmail-users, apparently 
(because they have a 2MB inbox maximum, and it goes bounce the moment 
you're over that limit - some other mail-suppliers do not bounce 
immediately).

Best regards
Christian Stubø