All list messages sent out by 1.8e have "Prececence: list".  This is noted
in the release notes; see the last entry of the section at
http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/1.8e/relnotes/v18e-mnt.html#other .

Nathan

At 12:09 2002/07/05 -0400, Eva Kalman wrote:
>There's still nothing in 1.8e that allows you to insert
>"Precedence: bulk", is there?
>
>Apparently, OoO is a server-based rule in Exchange which
>won't be triggered for messages with Precedence: bulk
>(Exchange 2000 has also added "list").   I think it's
>correct that Outlook 2000 now sends OoO messages to the
>right place, but the problem still persists that mailing
>list messages still trigger the OoO server-based rule.
>
>Eva Kalman
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>On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 10:22:29 -0400, Valdis Kletnieks
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 14:41:12 EDT, "Wayne T. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
>said:
> >
> >> These two OoO problems are fairly easily addressed by LSoft  by
> >> enabling list owners or site managers to distribute posts with the one
> >> or two non-standard, but defacto standard e-mail headers (e.g.,
> >> precedence bulk).  IMHO, standing behind the argument of "no official
> >> standard", if that is LSoft's argument, is not in the best interests of
> >> LISTSERV nor its standing among MLMs.
> >
> >Please note that some of the biggest OoO offenders *are* in violation of
> >the RFCs - for instance, the ones that reply to Listserv directly are
> >in violation of RFC821, which requires that you NOT reply to any mail
> >sent with an SMTP 'MAIL FROM:<>' (which is how Listserv sends its
> >administrivia mail).  Also, RFC1211 talks about owner- and and -request
> >addresses in conjunction with mailing lists.
> >
> >The right solution is to send the offending users a note requesting that
> >they use software that plays nice in the Internet community.  For what
> >it's worth, I am told that the primary offender (Outlook) fixes most of
> >the issues in Outlook 2000 (however, I have *NOT* personally verified
>this).
> >
> >--
> >                                Valdis Kletnieks
> >                                Operating Systems Analyst
> >                                Virginia Tech