Ah-ha, I see what's happening now. I was under the assumption that mailers would have a more logical idea of where mail is coming from. Obviously, in an effort to save overhead, they're set up to make only minimal changes to a mail header when they are passing things around. Thanks very much for clearing that one up. It was certainly most infomative. Chazzozz!! Michael Shannon Webmaster [log in to unmask] Note: Views expressed on this list are my own and do not reflect the views, opinions or position of my employer. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Parker [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2000 15:50 > Subject: Re: Error message form unknown address > > > On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 13:31:04 +1100, Michael Shannon > <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > >I know it's a fortnight late but I still have a question > about this. Why > >would an error be generated back to LISTSERV by a forwarding address? > >Wouldn't it be more likely to send an error back to the > originating mail > >server and stop there? > > [log in to unmask] is subscribed to the list. USA.Net is a well > know mail forwarder > service. All mail to that address actually is forwarded to > fred@aol.com.........