Hi Eric,
 
Thanks for your quick response!
 
>>1) The x.400 system produced rejection mail that got to my LISTSERV with
>>   a blank line in the header (in the "From:" field).
>
>Unfortunately, chances are  that the system which did this  is none other
>than your local  SMTP. This is something  I have seen SMTP  doing. I will
>not even consider wasting  my time trying to get IBM  to fix this problem
>only to have  John Wagner immediately tell  them that this is  a waste of
>their time and IBM  should not raise a finger to  address it. And, unlike
>in february, there  now *is* a mailer that can  handle Netdata files from
>SMTP and remove the problem.
 
   Wagner is telling IBM that repair of SMTP is a waste of time?  Can
   you tell me some of the story behind your remark, please?  (Is SMTP
   being rewritten?) If this is a reference to activities leading up to
   LMAIL, I guess that I understand your pragmatism/bitterness.  :-(
 
>>3) LISTSERV  rightly stops looking for  bounced mail at the  first blank
>>   line, and  then inserts  a phoney  "From:" field  of [log in to unmask]
>>   This would be OK except that  the mail gets distributed even though I
>>   have POSTMASTER served out :-(
>
>Really? This must be an error in the serving out, the GLOBALV LISTSERV is
>going to look for is '$POSTMASTER@MAINE' in the DISABLED group. You might
>have a case or domain-style address problem.
 
   Silly me suggesting LISTSERV might have a problem :-), I did the
   SERVE OUT with a lower case "postmaster": now that I've done it
   correctly, I suspect the problem is solved.  I'll send this to the
   LSTOWN-L list if you think it important.
 
Thanks again
wayne