A possible explanation: It appears BSU is using a PIX.  Possibly this
particular digest ran afoul of the dreaded MailGuard, although I admit
it doesn't exhibit the same behavior I'd expect (lying and claiming that
"EHLO" is "XXXX" command not valid or whatever).  See:

http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/lsv-faq.stm#5.6a


                                       -Kary

On 17 Mar 2003, at 13:24, Tabariasl, Hamid wrote:

>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From:         Tabariasl, Hamid
>> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:21 PM
>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>> Subject:      Regarding my digest subscription to LSTSRV-L
>>
>> I was getting a digest version of LSTSRV-L without any problem until
>> today (3/17/2003). Instead of getting one digest copy, now I am
>> getting many multiple copies (almost over 40 mail so far). Please
>> advise what I need to do, in order to stop receiving multiple copies
>> of same message.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> H.T
>>
>> Here is the exact message that I received.
>>
>> There is one message totalling 39 lines in this issue.
>>
>> Topics of the day:
>>
>>   1. Problem with MIME mail and moderated listts
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Date:    Sun, 16 Mar 2003 00:43:01 EST
>> From:    Karen Fortoul <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Problem with MIME mail and moderated listts
>>
>> =20
>> There is a problem when sending a MIME message with both plain and
>> html (i.e., Content-Type: multipart/alternative) to a moderated list.
>> When the moderator receives the mail on a MIME-aware client, the
>> paragraph prepended to the message explaining what to do is not
>> visible.  It appears that the problem is the message about forwarding
>> falls outside of the MIME wrapper. =20 To a moderator, it appears just
>> as if the message had been distributed to the list.  The sender gets a
>> normal message that the mail was forwarded to the moderators.  It is
>> not necessarily obvious to the moderator that there is a problem and
>> as a result the moderator does not forward legitimate mail on to the
>> list. =20 This problem only happens with Send=3DEditor and not with
>> Send=3DEditor,Hol= d. The problem still exists when adding the Nomime
>> parameter. =20 I am running the latest available version - 1.8e with
>> FIX2002A  on VM. =20 Any assistance would be appreciated. =20 Thanks,
>> - Karen -
>> Karen Fortoul
>> LISTSERV Maintainer
>> Manger, Systems Programming (aka VM-SST Team Leader) fortoul=40mit.edu
>> 617-253-5555
>>
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