I'm assuming that the "relay" error occurs because mail from a LISTSERV list uses the list address as the To: line, meaning that the server will see that the message is neither from nor addressed to any address in its domain, and so assumes it is a relay. Is there any standard protocol for servers to identify list mail correctly? Should I be referring their postmasters to a specific RFC and request them to reconfigure their setup? Bruce At 12:52 PM 3/27/00 -0500, you wrote: >Pete Weiss wrote: > > > Email delivery is not a guaranteed process. It does NOT depend upon > > one set of computer / router configurations. It does NOT depend upon > > one set of telecommunication circuits. It does NOT depend upon one > > fixed-set of personnel. It is forever changing. CHANGE is > > accomplished by fallible people. > >I know all that ... I believe it as the source of the problem. But I >still want to know why some server along the route thinks that mail is >being relayed, and what (if anything) I can do about it -- or ask the >server administrator to do about it. > >This seems to be something specific to LISTSERV -- I've never seen it with >other lists I've dealt with, or with private email. The only time anyone >thinks I'm relaying something is when I really am doing so (connected from >one place, trying to log into an SMTP server somewhere else). > > >----- >Tom Rawson [log in to unmask]