One of my RPlist users complained that his posts were rejected for no valid
reason. His message's From: field matched his subscription address. I asked
him to post again with a Cc: to rplist-request. I found that:
 
- he is subscribed as [log in to unmask], so listserv must have seen
this address in his subscription request
 
- the copy of his message that I received at rplist-request also showed From:
[log in to unmask]
 
- his post was rejected as coming from [log in to unmask] (see rejection below)
 
How is it possible that two copies of the same message, one sent to rplist and
the other to rplist-request, show different addresses in their From fields?
 
NB: I fixed the problem by ADDing the "wrong" address, but I'm still curious
to know what's happening.
 
Nicolas
 
>From:   L-Soft list server at St. John's University
> (1.8b)[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:   Wednesday, January 03, 1996 10:33 PM
>To:     [log in to unmask]
>Subject:        Rejected posting to [log in to unmask]
>
>You  are   not  authorized  to  send   mail  to  the  RPLIST   list  from  your
>[log in to unmask] account.  You might be  authorized to  send to the  list from
>another of  your accounts,  or perhaps  when using  another mail  program which
>generates slightly  different addresses, but  LISTSERV has no way  to associate
>this other account or address with yours. If you need assistance or if you have
>any question regarding  the policy of the RPLIST list,  please contact the list
>owners: [log in to unmask]
>
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