I'm assuming that the "relay" error occurs because mail from a LISTSERV list uses the list address as the To: line, meaning that the server will see that the message is neither from nor addressed to any address in its domain, and so assumes it is a relay. Is there any standard protocol for servers to identify list mail correctly? Should I be referring their postmasters to a specific RFC and request them to reconfigure their setup?

Bruce

At 12:52 PM 3/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Pete Weiss wrote:
>
> > Email delivery is not a guaranteed process.  It does NOT depend upon
> > one set of computer / router configurations.  It does NOT depend upon
> > one set of telecommunication circuits.  It does NOT depend upon one
> > fixed-set of personnel.  It is forever changing.  CHANGE is
> > accomplished by fallible people.
>
>I know all that ... I believe it as the source of the problem.  But I
>still want to know why some server along the route thinks that mail is
>being relayed, and what (if anything) I can do about it -- or ask the
>server administrator to do about it.
>
>This seems to be something specific to LISTSERV -- I've never seen it with
>other lists I've dealt with, or with private email.  The only time anyone
>thinks I'm relaying something is when I really am doing so (connected from
>one place, trying to log into an SMTP server somewhere else).
>
>
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>Tom Rawson           [log in to unmask]