On Mon, 25 Aug 1997 08:59:08 -0400 Pete Weiss said: >|>SET listname SHORT822 for *@*.NAVY.MIL >| >|Huh??? SHORT822 is the same as SHORTHDR or SHORT. Perhaps >|you meant IETFHDR. > >I stand by what I said about the use of SHORT822 (it is not the same as >SHORT at least on VM/CMS 1.8c). Pete's right. SHORT822 is not the same as SHORTHDR/SHORT . SHORT822 is an obsolete header setting that you can still use for debugging as it sends the mail out with only a single RCPT TO: in the RFC821 envelope. It's not recommended to set a list to default to this setting because it defeats the purpose of DISTRIBUTE. The nomenclature did change in 1.8b (and unfortunately the early version of the 1.8b list owner's manual did not take this into account, but current versions do). The following is taken from the 1.8b list owner's release notes: - Changes in header option names: to reflect the fact that the so-called "BSMTP" headers have been the default header type for all users since version 1.8a (and for Internet users since version 1.6a), whereas the so-called "RFC822" headers are only retained for compatibility with historical software implementations, the header option names have been renamed as follows: the old SHORTHDR and FULLHDR options were renamed to SHORT822 and FULL822, respectively, and the SHORTBSMTP and FULLBSMTP options were renamed to SHORTHDR and FULLHDR. The xxxBSMTP options are still accepted and produce the desired result; however, users who still absolutely need the "RFC822" headers will have to use the new SHORT822/FULL822 option names. Note that "RFC822" vs "BSMTP" headers actually refer to the name of delivery "exits" for the so-called "Crosswell Mailer", the first implementation of a RFC822 mail transfer agent for VM. Both sets of headers are RFC822 compliant, but the "BSMTP" headers could only be submitted to the Crosswell Mailer's through its "BSMTP interface", which was not available in the first few versions. Again, this distinction is purely historical and totally irrelevant to Internet users. For all practical purposes, the "BSMTP" headers are the normal RFC822 headers and the "RFC822" headers are an old type of header required by very old versions of the Crosswell Mailer.