After watching all this sound and fury pass by, I think I finally have something to say. As far as I can see, LISTSERV does the best it can, considering the large numbers of RFC822-deviant mailers out there. Quite frankly, I *like* the way it works -- it seems sensible to point Sender: at LISTSERV because IT is doing the redistribution. I know, I know, sense does not a standard make. But, the rule I was taught was to "be stringent in what you send out and liberal in what you will accept". I think that LISTSERV does a terrific job of conforming to the de facto conventions already in place on the various nets, and a pretty passable job of complying with RFC822 as well (within the limitations of RSCS & the Crosswell MAILER software). Errors-To: is a commonly used keyword, and it seems to me that the address there is the logical place to send errors, eg, bounced mail,etc. At any rate, I guess the point is that Eric's stuff conforms to what *is*, not what the standards say. My vote goes for leaving it that way. ---------- David Boyes (503) 686-4394 |BITNET: 556@OREGON1 Systems Group |ARPA : 556%OREGON1.BITNET@ University of Oregon Computing Center| WISCVM.WISC.EDU UUCP: [your fav backbone]...!tektronix!uoregon!oregon2!oregon1!556