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Taryn Westergaard <TARYN@ARIZVM1>
Wed, 28 Mar 90 13:08:59 MST
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On Tue, 27 Mar 90 18:15:40 EST Jacquie Nicholson said:
> I'm having the same problem.  Did I miss a response to the inquiry?
> Computing Affairs, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
> Faner Hall 2032                  (618) 453-6271
>
> >The enclosed mail file, found in the SUMMER reader and shown under the
> >spoolid 0017 in the console log, has been identified as a possible delivery
> >error notice for the following reason:  "Sender:", "From:" or "Reply-To:"
> >field pointing to the list has been found in mail body.
>
> The message is followed by the mail reply that the user was trying to post.
> Is there any way to turn off this error to allow the mail to be posted to the
> listserv?
 
Eric Thomas responded with the following:
> Fix the mail system  they are using so that it stops  including a copy of
> the  whole  message in  each  and  every  reply.  This is  an  absolutely
> ridiculous thing to do unless explicitly asked by the user. How would you
> feel if this very note had started  with a 30-lines verbatim copy of your
> original message, with all the headers and the like? And if your reply to
> this  note started  with a  60-lines verbatim  copy of  the message  I am
> writing which would itself have included your old message?
 
I agree that the mail system doing this shouldn't.  The mail system I was
refering to is a third party product, PMDF, on a VAX.  I do not want the
user to have to know to edit out those lines.  Until I find a better way,
I was able to get around the problem by commenting out the following line
in the LSVXMAIL EXEC:
 
> If Pos($,rest) ^== 0 Then Call RejMail '"Sender:", "From:" or "Reply-To:"
 
* Taryn L. Westergaard           (602)621-2996
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