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Samuel Neff <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 1 Dec 2003 14:27:52 -0500
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I'm looking into ListServ Lite for some private customer support mailing
lists but am very concerned about the whole loop checking thing.  According
to the FAQ, Docs, and posts here ListServ will by default reject any message
that has "From:" in it as a whole word.  The FAQ says this can't be turned
off but the docs say it can.

I just checked the traffic in the lists I'm subscribed to (19 lists from a
variety of servers) and every list has messages in it where people leave
"From:" in there as a whole word.  I understand the wholte Netiquette
argument but I don't really agree that a use should be required to
specifically filter off this word--forcefully requiring that level of
trimming isn't necessary in my opinion.

The docs say Loop checking can be turned off only in the Pro version.  So, a
few questions..


1.  Is that right?  We can't turn it off at all in Lite?

2.  What's really wrong with turning off loop checking in a _private_ list
anyways?  In a private list, only e-mail sent to the list from a registered
subscriber is sent to the list.  If an e-mail comes in from a
non-subscriber, ListServ won't forward it.  Since no forward, no loop
(assuming of course you can tell ListServ to also not respond).

Thanks,

Sam

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