We had a brief mailing loop earlier this evening involving an internal list (US-MGMT) and several external lists (including LSTOWN-L). It was detected and corrected preety quickly, but unfortunately not before a few unintended forwardings and accompanying ACKs slipped through. John Winship wrote: > I wrote: > >> Why did I get a distribution ACK from spider.ease.lsoft.com for an >> item I posted to LSTOWN-L ? >> > > Ok, I see, I got the ACK because my item was "autoforwarded" to the > list US-MGMT. Why? > > I didn't send it to that list (I checked my "sent" file) and did not want > it disributed anywhere but on LSTOWN-L. What is the deal here? Why was my > posting autoforwarded? > > Douglas Winship [log in to unmask] > > -- John Harlan Vice President, Computer Services [log in to unmask] L-Soft international Inc. www.lsoft.com LISTSERV (R) is a registered trademark of L-Soft. There is only one LISTSERV® -- the product that launched the email list communication industry in 1986. To discover the story behind LISTSERV, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/corporate/20anniversary.asp