>I have received an error report indicating that our server apparently sent a >reply to a rejected post to the list instead of returning it to the >originator. > >The template generating this reply was the >[MSG_POSTING_REJECT_BAD_ATTACHMENT] one, which is divided into particular >cases. The empty-message case is the one used, probably because the sender >tried to post in HTML and we're configured to strip it. > >This happened with LISTSERV 15.0, but I think I saw it happen earlier >(probably with 14.5) and never figured out what caused it. > >I'm not too worried about this instance, as the sender was trying to spam >us. But there could easily be a case in which this message ought to be sent >to a legitimate poster. > >What controls where this response gets sent? > >Hal Keen It normally gets sent to the sender of the message. You say it was a spam message that triggered the response; most spam messages have forged return addresses, and it sounds like this one had a forged return address pointing to the list address itself. -- Jacob Haller, Technical Support, L-Soft international, Inc LISTSERV (R) is a registered trademark of L-Soft. Support is available 9:00-18:00 ET, Monday-Friday except on the following holidays: <http://www.lsoft.com/resources/holidays.asp> LISTSERV Choice Awards nominations are open until October 1 for all types of opt-in email lists and email marketing campaigns. Nominate now and you will be entered into this month's t-shirt drawing: http://www.lsoft.com/news/choiceawards.asp