On 11/9/00 2:30 AM, Russell, D (Duncan) <[log in to unmask]> wrote... >I know I have seen on this list some problems with AOL in the past. > >When certain people from AOL try and subscribe to lists held here we are >getting error messages of the form; > >--------------- ><W> Incorrect or incomplete address field found and ignored. >--------------- >Received: from [log in to unmask] > by imo-d04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v28.32.) id z.23.339753b (3963) > for <[log in to unmask]>; Wed, 8 Nov 2000 12:43:50 -0500 (EST) >From: [log in to unmask] >--------------- > >I am going to assume that AOL is not issuing fully compliant RFC headers, is >that correct. Is there any way to work around this problem ? To the best of my knowledge, there is nothing wrong with AOL's headers. AOL members interact with LISTSERV servers every minute of every day. >This is an odd problem because I can see from the listserv logs that some >users of AOL are able to subscribe to lists here. > >Cheers >Duncan > >The full error message is at the end of this email. >[snip] >To: "[log in to unmask]": >[snip] > >join gender-religion [log in to unmask] >stop Why is mail being directed to a non-standard address (jiscmail vs. listserv)? Why is it using a non-standard command (join vs. subscribe) in a non-standard format (email address vs. full name)? -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois [log in to unmask] | Finger/Web for PGP [log in to unmask] | http://www.lull.org/adam/