If LISTSERV receives mail that has a tortured enough mail header,
it will send insert new header line with the e-mail address of
the local postmaster. The name field of that line will be set to
"... c/o postmaster" so that people will know it wasn't really from
the postmaster. If you fetch the mail file in question from the
archives, there should be some indication that the original "From:"
field was invalid.
-jj
PS - Here's an example from one of JHUVM's list archives. Nothing
like a concrete example to explain something... :)
------ sample mail file follows:
> print all of 1308
>>> Item number 1308, dated 92/02/02 11:40:26 -- ALL
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 1992 11:40:26 EST
Reply-To: Multi-byte Code Issues <[log in to unmask]>
Sender: Multi-byte Code Issues <[log in to unmask]>
Comments: <Parser> E: Mail origin cannot be determined.
Comments: <Parser> E: Original tag was -> FROM:
"xxxxxxx%nlsarch.austin.ibm.com"
<xxxxxxx%nlsarch.austin.ibm.com%SUN.C
From: Undetermined origin c/o Postmaster <[log in to unmask]>