Colleagues:
 
For the past 12H approx., our Mailer and SMTP DVMs seem to be in an endless
struggle with a Listserv at SDSUVM in what appears to be a mail loop. Am I
right to assume that there's some sort of configuration problem over there ?
 
Attached below is the message in question. MAINT, MAILMNT, OPERATOR and I
have been receiving the exact same message (save for differing timestamps)
ever since last night. I've just purged 180+ copies of the same thing; however,
no new copies have arrived in the past hour or so, so it might have stopped
on it's own accord (or due to human intervention at the other end).
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Juan Courcoul
Monterrey Tech,
Queretaro Campus
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 94 08:19:30 CST
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To: <MAILER@VMTECQRO>
Subject: Undeliverable Mail
 
Error in Batch SMTP Command Sequence.
Unable to deliver mail to some/all recipients.
Reply codes with first digit = '4' or  '5' are error replies:
 
220 VMTECQRO.QRO.ITESM.MX running IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX on Mon, 24 Jan 94
 08:19:30 CST
050 Return-Path: <@VMTECQRO.QRO.ITESM.MX,@VM1.NODAK.EDU:[log in to unmask]>
500 Unknown command, 'Return'
 
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Date:         Mon, 24 Jan 1994 08:14:55 -0600
From:         BITNET list server at SDSUVM (1.7f)
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Subject:      Message ("Unknown command - "LISTSERV*". Try HELP.")
To:           [log in to unmask]
 
Unknown command - "LISTSERV*". Try HELP.
You had  10 tries.  From now on  your requests will  be ignored  without any
reply. You can restore your access to LISTSERV by having another person send
the following command to LISTSERV@SDSUVM: SERVE [log in to unmask]