As with everyone who has posted to PIClist, I got concerned when my first
posting was returned from a Microchip address (shown at the end of thispost)
stating that it was undeliverable.  THIS DIDN'T MEAN IT HADN'T GOT TO
PICLIST - just that one of Microchip's subscriptions is bad.  Many people
react as I did - repost (and get same again, plus the mailing list majordomo
saying the repost was rejected as being a duplicate).  The assumption of the
poster is that Microchip are running the PIClist and the poster has done
something wrong in the way they've posted.

In case anybody didn't realise it, PIClist is not organised or controlled by
Microchip.  From some of the posts I sometimes wonder if it is even read by
anyone there!

Now if I get a Microchip bounce I bounce it straight back to their
postmaster - so far with no response.  I suggest everyone else does the same.

Two questions.

1.  Microchip make the PIC, so want to encourage people to use it (I
assume!), so why do they let their name get advertised to users as a company
that can't organise its own email and mailing list subscriptions properly?

2.  Why does PIClist still hold open the subscription of this DUD address,
despite several postings?

Postings get bounced with the headers including lines:

        From: Hub.Admin@com.microchip.ccmail (Administrator)
        Subject: Message not deliverable

Until this is sorted, please can the subscription handler include the info
about Microchip bounces in the "welcome" message sent to all new subscribers.

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