  Given an infinite-dimensional Banach space $X$ and a Banach space $Y$ with no
finite cotype, we determine whether or not every continuous linear operator
from $X$ to $Y$ is absolutely $(q;p)$-summing for almost all choices of $p$ and
$q$, including the case $p=q$. If $X$ assumes its cotype, the problem is solved
for all choices of $p$ and $q$. Applications to the theory of dominated
multilinear mappings are also provided.
