At 06:53 PM 2/3/2005, Stan Horwitz wrote: >On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Charles Oriez wrote: > > >running v1.8e > > > >I had a user who seems to be properly subscribed to a list get a reject > >message saying that he wasn't authorized to post to the list from his > >address. The address he tried to post from is the same as the address that > >shows for him when I query the subscriber base, except that the address was > >in lower case on the list and his from address on his email was in upper > >case. NOPOST and REVIEW are not set in his configuration. > > > >I always thought that email addresses were case insensitive for purposes of > >deciding whether someone was subscribed or not, but I can't come up with > >any other explanations for why he had trouble posting. Any other bright > ideas? > >Its hard to say without seeing the header of the rejected message. How >was this subscription added to your list? Perhaps the problem can be >solved by deleting the subscription and then allowing the person to >subscribe again so that you're sure this person's correct email is >captured by Listserv. he's been subscribed since Jan of last year, but this is the first time that he's tried to post incidentally, I was wrong. His address was all lower case both in the from address and in the list subscription database I'll mail you the reject off list along with a picture of his subscription -- [log in to unmask] 39 34' 34.4"N / 105 00' 06.3"W AIM handle caoriez Sturgeon's Law as applied to discussion lists: Axiom #3: "Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap) applies to discussion lists." Corollary #5: "In an unmoderated discussion, no one can agree on what constitutes the 10%." Corollary #6: "Nothing guarantees that the 10% isn't crap, too."