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Wed, 10 Jan 1996 15:02:00 EST |
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usexnskb AT IBMMAIL.COM -- Wed, 10 Jan 1996 12:14:14 EST |
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>bounces are sent back to the "smtp envelope" address. in a unix-style
>mailbox, that is the address in the "from " (not "from: ") header at
>the top of a message. list software should change that from the address
>of the poster to something like [log in to unmask], so that bounces
>go back to the list owner (you'll probably have to make an alias for
>owner-listname on your system).
Technically this is not quite accurate. Bounces don't necessarily
go to the owner EVEN THOUGH the bounce is sent
TO: OWNER-listname@listhost
Why? Because this notation means that LISTSERV does a lookup
of the ERRORS-TO: keyword in the listname definition. Depending
upon explicit values coded on that listname's keyword, it may NOT
go to the owner(s), but a postmaster or some other cognizant
sys/list-admin.
I've got one of my lists setup to mail to a private BBS system.
Incidentally, mail TO: listname-REQUEST@listhost does go to
the non-QUIET owners.
Pete Weiss at Penn State
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