>10,000? Well, in that case it IS time to cut them off.
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>I hadn't realized there were so many CompuServe members!

The problem is that if the system don't do anything, those messages will be processed for days without nothing. An automatic decision has to be taken at a certain point and the bounced email seems to be the good way. Some members are on the list for months and we never got a bounced email even if they didn't read their emails for a week. ISPs don't apply a limit of the number of emails in a mailbox. So, even if there is 1000 messages waiting, it will still work. :)

IAC, like I mentioned earlier, most of the CIS members are a real Internet account with an ISP and they might use this one instead for email.