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"Forum on LISTSERV release 1.7" <[log in to unmask]>
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From:
"Ratilal Haria" <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 21 Feb 1992 15:29:19 EST
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Message of Fri, 21 Feb 1992 11:29:44 EST from <GERLAND@UBVM>
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"Forum on LISTSERV release 1.7" <[log in to unmask]>
On Fri, 21 Feb 1992 11:29:44 EST Jim Gerland - User Support Services said:
>On Thu, 20 Feb 1992 10:50:35 EST <[log in to unmask]> said:
>>  When users of Microsoft Mail on PC reply to a list and if the original
>>  text is copied, the Microsoft Mail copies both the header and body. The
>>  listserver rejects this saying that the From:, Reply-To: or Sender:
>>  field points to the list found in the body.
>>
>>  We have requested the users to delete the headers before posting but
>>  these users are the "BIG WHEELS" and asking them this is TOO MUCH.
>>  I have been told to fix this.
>>
>>  So is there any way I can do this? Any flags or exits or what have you?
>
>Microsoft Mail is not alone in this.  VMS Mail does it and so does Unix
>mail.
>
>User Education is the best answer.  Just explain to those "BIG WHEELS" that
>if what they have to say is important enough for others to read it then they
>need to remove the header lines so their mail gets distributed to the list.
>
 
Since there seems to be lots of system out there who may have similar
problem, I am giving the solution that works.
 
Mark Wilson ([log in to unmask]) suggested using LOOPCHECK=NONE
setting on each list that you control. Since I have only a few lists
I control it will do.
 
Thanks again ... Ratilal

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