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John Cottingham <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:21:07 -0600
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At 12:30 PM 3/11/01 -0800, you wrote:
>>It is a bug, but not with LISTSERV.  The mail goes to the RR server and is
>>'reflected' back with headers such as To: and From: unchanged.  In short
>>it is a mail loop due to mis-configuration or outright 'breakage' of the
>>RR server.  The only fix is to remove the subscriber address(s) at RR
>>from your list (at least set them to NOMAIL).
>

We had the random reflection a few years ago that would ocassionally spit
back messages months old. Sleuthing the headers found the offending ISP and
deleting that subscriber at that ISP cured the problem.

We don't live in a perfect world.

John Cottingham
co-owner Parkinsn

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