On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Steve Howie wrote:
 
> On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, Eric Thomas wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 23 Nov 1995 11:21:54 -0500 Steve Howie <[log in to unmask]> said:
> >
> > >Question: why is this mail getting forwarded to LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE ??
> >
> > Because you have 6 recipients in Scandinavia.
>
> Ah, but we don't. They are all in Canada.
>
 
I found the same behaviour on another list created a few days ago. The
common thread is that the subscribers who are mailed via a
LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE all are in domains which have an entry in a file in
 
        ($LSVROOT)/home/service.names
 
e.g. for a UPEI.CA address there exists an entry
 
        :nick.UPEI.CA :service1.DISTRIBUTE LISTSERV.UNB.CA
 
The list owner also gets the following message from
[log in to unmask]
 
 
> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 01:33:15 +0100
> From: L-Soft list server at LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE (1.8b) <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <<list owner>>@uoguelph.ca
> Subject: Output of job "CFS-NE" from [log in to unmask]
>
> Command replies from [log in to unmask] are being forwarded to you.
>
> You are not allowed to use inter-server DISTRIBUTE control keywords. Your
> job ("CFS-NE MAILDIST") has been transferred to the postmaster.
>
 
Questions:
        What does the file "service.names" do?
        Why would the outbound mail be sent to LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE?
        Are these subscribers actually getting their mail?
 
Getting a bit confused,
 
Scotty
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