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Roger Fajman <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 22:34:25 -0400
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> And by the way, there seems to be confusion where about where bounces
> go. The "owner-asperger", or "owner-<listname>", address is where
> bounces are *supposed* to be returned to.  That's the "SMTP-From"
> address that Listserv uses in sending mail and it's where it expects
> delivery errors to be returned.  If you're set to "auto-delete=yes"
> Listserv filters out the bounces it can identify as "permanent"
> errors, summarizes them in the error report, and sets the clock on
> deleting the subscriber.  If you're set to "semi-auto", the rest of
> these bounce messages are forwarded to the list-owner (or whoever is
> specified in "Errors-To").  If you're set to "full-auto", the rest of
> these bounce messages are simply discarded.

One exception with regard to discarding bounce messages in Full-Auto
mode seems to be the case when LISTSERV does not like the format of
the bounce message.  It forwards those on to the list owner without
any indication of why the list owner is getting them.

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