We have a recurring intermittant problem with mail from LISTSERVe to users trying to subscribe to lists and particularly to owners of lists There is a period inserted in the from address between the OWNER-listname and the '@' sign, in the mail from, such as MAIL FROM:<[log in to unmask]> The following is the complete text of a sample bounced mail. >======================================================================== 33 >RETURN-PATH: <[log in to unmask]> >RECEIVED: FROM VM.SC.EDU (NJE ORIGIN SMTP@UNIVSCVM) BY VM.SC.EDU (LMAIL > V1.2A/1.8A) WITH RFC822 ID 7911 FOR <MAILER@UNIVSCVM>; TUE, > 22 JUL 1997 23:34:00 -0400 >DATE: TUE, 22 JUL 97 23:33:59 EDT >FROM: <[log in to unmask]> >TO: <MAILER@UNIVSCVM> >SUBJECT: UNDELIVERABLE MAIL > >UNABLE TO DELIVER MAIL TO SOME/ALL RECIPIENTS. >050 MAIL FROM:<[log in to unmask]> >501 SYNTAX ERROR. INVALID LOCAL PART OF ADDRESS > > ** TEXT OF MAIL FOLLOWS ** >HELO VM.SC.EDU >MAIL FROM:<[log in to unmask]> >RCPT TO:<[log in to unmask]> >DATA >RECEIVED: FROM VM.SC.EDU (NJE ORIGIN LISTSERV@UNIVSCVM) BY VM.SC.EDU (LMAIL > V1.2A/1.8A) WITH BSMTP ID 7903; TUE, 22 JUL 1997 23:33:59 -0400 >DATE: TUE, 22 JUL 1997 23:33:59 -0400 >FROM: "L-SOFT LIST SERVER AT U. OF SOUTH CAROLINA (1.8C)" > <[log in to unmask]> >SUBJECT: LT-ANTIQ.: [log in to unmask] JOINED THE LIST >TO: [log in to unmask] >X-LSV-LISTID: LT-ANTIQ. > >TUE, 22 JUL 1997 23:33:59 > >"K. HORVATH" <[log in to unmask]> HAS JUST SUBSCRIBED TO THE LT-ANTIQ. >LIST (LT-ANTIQ -- LATE ANTIQUITY DISCUSSION FORUM). >. >QUIT ----- end of sample mail ---------- Header of the list above. * LT-ANTIQ -- Late Antiquity Discussion Forum * This list is an unmoderated list that provides a discussion forum for * topics relating to Late Antiquity (c. AD 260-640). For the purposes * of this discussion list, "Late Antiquity" will cover the Late Roman, * Early Byzantine, Early Medieval, and Early Islamic periods. Geograph- * ical coverage will range from western Europe to the Middle East, and * from the Sahara to Russia. Cross disciplinary interaction is particu- * larly encouraged. Along with the usual scholarly interchange, users * also are invited to post notices relating to upcoming conferences and * other activities, and to job openings. * * Potential Audience: Historians, Classicists, Medievalists, Byzantinists, * Art Historians, Theologians, Archaeologists, Historians of Religion * * For more information, contact the list owners: * * Ralph W. Mathisen, Dept of History, U of S. Carolina, Columbia SC 29208 * email: [log in to unmask] * Hagith S. Sivan, Dept. of History, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045 * * * [log in to unmask] (Ralph W. Mathisen) * Owner=QUIET: * [log in to unmask] (Ralph W. Mathisen) * [log in to unmask] * ACK=NO * CONFIDENTIAL=NO * DEFAULT-OPTIONS=REPRO * FILES=NO * LANGUAGE=ENGLISH * MAIL-VIA=DISTRIBUTE * NOTEBOOK=YES,F,WEEKLY,PUBLIC * NOTIFY=YES * REPLY-TO=LIST,RESPECT * REVIEW= PRIVATE * SEND= PRIVATE * SUBSCRIPTION=OPEN * VALIDATE=NO * prime=no This has occurred on a number of lists on a hit of miss basis. I can find no common thread or any error. We are running VM / ESA 1.2 LISTSERV 1.8c LMAIL 1.2a IBM's SMTP as the TCPIP/SMTP processor Any ideas, hints or I told you so's will be accepted with as much grace as I can muster. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Raymond Ayers VM & MVS Systems Programmer | | Computer Services -- Division of Libraries and Information Services | | University Of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina, 29208 | | Phone: 803-777-4409 Fax: 803-777-4760 | | Internet: [log in to unmask] | -----------------------------------------------------------------------