I find a module. I like it. It has a problem. It is a simple problem and so maybe I write a fix for it or perhaps there is an obvious thing that it should do. I find the e-mail address in the POD. I send and e-mail an it gets bounced back because that e-mail address is no good.

I think that CPAN itself should send a confirmatory e-mail to EVERY module author with a code and if that author does not type in that code in some screen the module should AUTOMATICALLY be pushed to some back archive, effectively de-listing it from CPAN.

Note: I am not saying that people have to change their modules due to requests. I am saying that I should *never* get a bounced back e-mail. To me that means the module should no longer be in CPAN.

Share your thoughts, please.

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