The "vacation" program really isn't an option, as this list has only
     been live for a week.

     I have been reviewing the log file, and it appears that somebody's
     posted messages are arriving with the from line reading
     [log in to unmask]  A received confirmation message is sent to the
     listserv account, and then the error comes up.

     I'm in the process of checking now to see if it is the same subscriber
     that posted all these messages, or if there may be some internal
     configuration problem with our firewall/mail router.

     Thanks for the help.


     Randy Porter
     [log in to unmask]
     The Bureau of National Affairs


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Subject: Re: listserv@ sending messages to list?
Author:  LISTSERV give-and-take forum <[log in to unmask]> at INTERNET
Date:    3/26/97 12:11 PM


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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 10:45:01 EST, you said:
>      This is the second message of this type that I have received.  It
>      appears that the listserv account sent mail to the list account.  If
>      anyone has any information, or has seen this before, please let me
>      know.

>      Date:         Tue, 25 Mar 1997 17:24:11 -0500
>      From: "L-Soft list server at BNA (1.8b)" <[log in to unmask]>
>      Subject:      Message ("Your message dated Tue, 25 Mar 97 16:09:10
>      with...")
>      To: [log in to unmask]
>      content-length: 184
>
>      Your message dated Tue, 25 Mar 97 16:09:10 with subject "Re: Benchmark
>      for # of  EE's  paid using  ADP  Paynet  Plus softw"  has  been
>      submitted to  the moderators of the PAG-L list.

I'm hypothesising here, but my first guess would be that some person on
the list has a broken 'vacation' program or similar that is sending
stuff to the list, wit broken headers.  Most likely, it's sending it
back with the From: still set to Listserv, rather than the person running
the 'vacation' program.

Second guess would be some broken MTA that is getting the SMTP headers
(MAIL FROM: and RCPT TO:) confoozled with the RFC822 headers.  But I've
not had my morning caffeine, so I can't think of the full scenario that
would cause this to happen... ;)

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                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Engineer
                                Virginia Tech



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