On Tue, 22 Jun 1993 13:54:18 EDT Peter M. Weiss said:
>Perhaps another way of putting what Mike said is that though
>they have (attempted to) subscribed via Bitnet, then are OKing
>via Internet and their Bitnet node is not equivalenced to
>their Internet Host name (if applicable) (and/or they go thru
>a Bitnet/Internet gateway that re-writes their address?)
>
>/Pete
 
Another possibility but don't be surprised if Eric says I'm all wrong.
 
1) User@bitnode sends subscribe to LISTSERV@FQDN instead of
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2) Postmaster@bitnode has ignored the implicit request in
   DOMAIN NAMES to send all mail for DomainName to mailer@listnode
   and routes it via the InterNet.
 
3) Mail arrives at listnode with a source route due to being forced
   through a gateway.
 
4) LISTSERV unravels the source route and stores User@bitnode in
   PERMVARS to wait for the confirmation.
 
5) User sends confirmation the same way but LISTSERV uses the
   source route to search PERMVARS and finds no match.
 
Circumvention: BITNET users should use the BITNET node name when
               sending to LISTSERV rather than the FQDN.
 
 
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