On Mon, 25 Sep 1995 08:15:54 EST, Kevin Brunson <[log in to unmask]>
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> Why would Listserv find illegal header lines in the body of this message?
Because LISTSERV is trying to prevent "mailing-loops", i.e., the sequence:
1. user A posts to XYZ-L.
2. LISTSERV distributes a copy to each subscriber's site,
including one copy to user B's site.
3. the "mailer" at user B's site cannot deliver to the user,
for some reason, e.g., user B is over-quota, expired, deleted, etc.
4. the "mailer" generates an 'unable to deliver' message,
and (foolishly) sends it to the 'XYZ-L' ID, instead of to 'owner-XYZ-L'.
5. LISTSERV receives the new message to XYZ-L.
It can either go to step #2 (above), and start the loop,
or it can detect that the "body" of the message contains text
which looks like headers which it generated,
and refuse to start the loop.
Which situation is preferable? :-)
> Literally, there are no lines "Sender:", "From:" or "Reply-To:"
> pointing to the list.
LISTSERV determines that the 'To:' line in the "header" (see below)
is almost(!) a match the 'To:' line in the "body" (see below).
>And the header lines that do appear are prefixed with ">".
That's not enough of a "difference" for LISTSERV to determine
that the two lines are "significantly" different.
Tell 'EMeyer' to remove that 'To:' line from his/her reply,
and then LISTSERV will accept his/her posting.
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| Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 12:45:02 -0600 (MDT)
| From: John Halleck <[log in to unmask]>
| To: Electronic Information Process <[log in to unmask]>
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Subject: Re: HTML Tutorial
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| On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, EMeyer wrote:
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| > Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 11:41:25 -0400
| > From: EMeyer <[log in to unmask]>
| > To: Multiple recipients of list CAPP3801 <[log in to unmask]>
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| > Subject: HTML Tutorial
| >
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