At 04:10 PM 5/29/97 -0400, Jacob Haller wrote:
>So, my question is:  Is it actually _possible_ for LISTSERV to be
>configured to look to 'Sender:' for the address to be subscribed, or is
>this definately a problem at the other end?  Or did I misinterpret RFC822?

I don't think it is possible.  But since both schools and businesses ALWAYS
keep changing stuff, half the time without even telling the users they've
done so, I think your idea that things changed is the right answer.  Last
week I had a user that had THREE different forms of address in From,
Sender, and Authoritative Return Address (that isn't exactly right, but you
know what I mean).  And, there was a fourth in their sig, the shortest of
all.  And, NONE of the four matched the the address subbed from, which was
yet another variation.  Yes, all worked for receiving mail.....but most of
the world's mail geeks don't seem to understand that the differences they
make every other month DO matter for reasons other than getting the mail
into the user.  Also yesterday I had a user with an explicitly routed path
thru three company machines ending up in Lotus Notes within
BigCompany.com, a Fortune 500 outfit that you'd all recognize.  The whole
thing was 76 characters long.   Ridiculous.  Just cuz they're big or rich
doesn't guarantee they'll have any common sense when it comes to mail
handling. I'm sure Eric has even worse tales to tell.....

 dan

Dan Lester
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