Does anybody know what's up with addresses that include the following:
 
        ::MRGATE::
 
We get lots and lots of errors, from lots and lots of different places,
whose addresses all include ::MRGATE:: in their from/reply to address.
 
When set to nomail, people at these nodes frequently write to ask why.
When I reply (using reply mode), the messages come back to me "no such
host".
 
Sometimes, however, those same subscribers send messages that do not
include the ::MRGATE::   and then there is no problem with the messages
or the replies.  At those times, too, our list messages get through OK.
 
Does anyone else have this problem?  I am sure that it is THEIR local problem
but what can I tell the postmasters (who invariably insist that the problem is
at our end)?
 
Peace,
Anthea Tillyer          City University of New York  [log in to unmask]