> Hi,
> I'm setting up a number of closed-subscription listserv lists
> for a group that also has a web site/database for keeping
> information on all the members and their companies.  We would
> like some way for the system admin of that other web site to
> enter a new group member into the database there and checkmark
> (via html 'radio' buttons or some such thing) which lists the
> new group member will be subscribed to and then upon entry of
> that person in the database, list subscription commands would
> be generated and sent to our listserv that would automatically
> subscribe the new members to the selected lists without the
> admin having to do it all manually.
>
> Now, the admin is a legitimate list owner and listserv maintainer
> and we're trying to use his e-mail address and password for the
> ADDH (or DEL) commands.  But our listserv keeps diverting the
> commands to the list owner(s) with the following error message:
>
> -----------
> The enclosed message, found in the LISTSERV mailbox and shown
> under the spool ID 0003 in the  system log, has been identified
> as a possible delivery error notice for the following reason:
> mail origin seems to be a mailer.
> -----------
>
> and, well, yeah, we are a mailer, but it's *our* mailer and
> going to *our* list from a legitimate listserv manager and
> owner of the lists were trying to subscribe to.  I understand
> the need for security against forging, but how do we do this
> for legitimate purposes?  Is there some other mechanism or
> something I'm missing to make these commands get through ok?

LISTSERV will look at the Sender: address (if it exists) before the From:
So you will need to eliminate the optional Sender address field. Once this
is done, LISTSERV will recognize the postmaster's address in the From.