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Jacob Haller <[log in to unmask]>
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:36:01 -0400
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>Hi all
>
>can someone please clear something up for me?
>
>When LISTSERV looks at an email header what RFC822 field does it search to
>decide who is sending it: FROM, REPLY-TO, PATH, or SENDER?  I'm assuming
>that it looks in the FROM field but I'd just like a confirmation of this.

If Sender: is present LISTSERV looks at that.  Otherwise it looks at From:.

>The reason I'm asking is that I have a subscriber who is unable to send
>commands to LISTSERV.  I've checked his subscription details and they seem
>OK.  I then checked his email headers to see what they contained.  I noticed
>that he's got different entries in FROM and REPLY-TO.  The FROM address is
>the same as the subscribed address so I'm at a loss as to why he can't issue
>commands.

What appears in LISTSERV's logs?  (Are his messages even arriving at
LISTSERV, and if so what is LISTSERV doing with them?)

Thanks,
--
Jacob Haller, Technical Support
L-Soft international, Inc
http://www.lsoft.com/

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