Roger, I've been seeing this for quite a while. I'll add my vote for getting rid of the TO command. Brian _____________________________________________________ Brian Lesser Bitnet/ Senior Technical Analyst Internet: [log in to unmask] University of New Brunswick P.O. Box 4400 Fredericton, N.B. Fax: (506) 453-3590 E3B 5A3 CANADA Phone: (506) 447-3025 _____________________________________________________ > I get a fair number of these bounce messages that appear to be > caused by people sending messages to LISTSERV as if they were > talking to a person. When the message beigins with the word > "To", the undocumented LISTSERV TO command causes the reply > to be redirected to a garbase address. I've corresponded with > Eric about this, asking that the TO command be removed or renamed. > He said that he is concerned that there might be someone using it > somewhere and would like to heear from other LISTSERV maintainers > before doing something about the problem. So I'm here asking if > others see the same problem. > > == Forwarded Mail == > > MAIL VIA BITNET FROM [log in to unmask] SUNDAY 03/17/96 7:33:40 P.M. > > Received: from LIST.NIH.GOV by NIHCU (Mailer) id 753; > Sun, 17 Mar 96 19:33:40 EST > Received: from LIST.NIH.GOV by LIST.NIH.GOV (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) with BSMTP id > 0752; Sun, 17 Mar 96 19:32:27 EST > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 19:32:26 -0500 > From: "L-Soft list server at NIHLIST (1.8b)" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Delivery error report from WR.COM.AU > To: Roger Fajman <[log in to unmask]>, > Tom onWylbur <[log in to unmask]> > X-LSV-ListID: None > > The enclosed message, found in the LISTSERV mailbox and shown under the spool > ID 0751 in the system log, has been identified as a possible delivery error > notice for the following reason: mail origin seems to be a mailer. > > ------------------------ Message in error (57 lines) -------------------------- > Received: from NIHLIST by LIST.NIH.GOV (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) with BSMTP id > 0750; Sun, 17 Mar 96 19:32:24 EST > Received: from wr.com.au by LIST.NIH.GOV (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; > Sun, 17 Mar 96 19:31:49 EST > Received: by wr.com.au (5.x/SMI-SVR4-1.0) > id AB15535; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:36:07 +1000 > Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:36:07 +1000 > From: [log in to unmask] (Mail Delivery Subsystem) > Subject: Returned mail: User unknown > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > <<< HELO LIST.NIH.GOV > <<< MAIL FROM:<[log in to unmask]> > <<< RCPT TO:<[log in to unmask]> > 550 <[log in to unmask]>... User unknown > <<< DATA > > ----- Unsent message follows ----- > Received: from LIST.NIH.GOV by wr.com.au (5.x/SMI-SVR4-1.0) > id AA15525; Mon, 18 Mar 1996 11:36:07 +1000 > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > Errors-To: <[log in to unmask]> > Received: from LIST.NIH.GOV by LIST.NIH.GOV (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) > with BSMTP id 0724; Sun, 17 Mar 96 19:31:23 EST > Received: from LIST.NIH.GOV by LIST.NIH.GOV (Mailer R2.10 ptf000) with BSMTP id > 0722; Sun, 17 Mar 96 19:27:49 EST > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 19:27:49 -0500 > From: "L-Soft list server at NIHLIST (1.8b)" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Output of job "tclarke" from [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > > Command replies from [log in to unmask] are being forwarded to you. > > Unknown command - "THIS". Try HELP. > > > ME Australia which lists all Australian addresses. > Unknown command - "ME". Try HELP. > > > the soc hasn't got an Internet link > Unknown command - "THE". Try HELP. > > > Have a nice day and if these messages are automatically sorted I hope > Unknown command - "HAVE". Try HELP. > > > someone picks this up on an error list > Unknown command - "SOMEONE". Try HELP. > > > Kind regards Phil > Unknown command - "KIND". Try HELP. > > Summary of resource utilization > ------------------------------- > CPU time: 0.171 sec Device I/O: 0 > Overhead CPU: 0.073 sec Paging I/O: 2 > CPU model: 9375 DASD model: 9335 >