Just received this mail and thought I should warn you all. There's some automatted service at Ohio State that is not getting along with Listserv. I've had too many mail rejections today, so my reading of these headers may be wrong. But I think that Ohio State is sending mail out with a From: address that cannot receive mail. And the mail rejection that comes back doesn't seem to trigger Listserv's "ignore this junk" tests right away. In fact, I don't know what stopped this loop. I've appended "*"s to the raw headers in the following note and truncated the file. It went on for hundreds of lines, all similar to the lines that end this note. -jj ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The enclosed mail file, found in the LISTSERV reader and shown under the spoolid 1995 in the console log, has been identified as a possible delivery error notice for the following reason: mail origin seems to be a mailer or mail-daemon. ------------------------ Message in error (397 lines) ------------------------- *Received: from OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU by JHUVM.BITNET (Mailer R2.07) with * BSMTP id 1994; Tue, 09 Jul 91 17:21:38 EST *Received: from OHSTVMA by OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP * id 9064; Tue, 09 Jul 91 17:22:38 EDT *Received: from top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu by OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (IBM * VM SMTP R1.2.1MX) with TCP; Tue, 09 Jul 91 17:22:21 EDT *Received: by top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (5.61/3.910213) * id AA11558; Tue, 9 Jul 91 17:21:42 -0400 *Date: Tue, 9 Jul 91 17:21:42 -0400 *From: <[log in to unmask]> *Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> *To: [log in to unmask] *Subject: hpuxa service unavailable Your mail message that you sent to a computer user on the HPUXA computer cannot be delivered because the HPUXA computer has been permanently retired. However, Ohio State has two programs that will assist you in reaching your party. 1. osu.edu (e-mail forwarding computer). This computer is designed to take a real first, middle, and last name and look up the computer address for you and then to forward the mail to the user. Send e-mail to the full name of the user by using the underline to connect the first, middle, and last name. Example: to send a message: [log in to unmask] 2. WHOIS: This is a directory of faculty, staff, and students at Ohio State. You may connect to the OSU WHOIS service by using conventional Internet procedure Example: to use the OSU WHOIS service telnet to: [log in to unmask] 3. You may get help for either of the services above by sending mail to the service: a. Get help information about the osu.edu mail forwarding service by sending mail to "[log in to unmask]". The only line in the message should read, "SEND FUZZE.HLP". b. For help with WHOIS, send e-mail to "[log in to unmask]". In the message area put only these words, "SEND WHOIS.HLP". If you need any additional help in reaching your party please feel free to send e-mail to [log in to unmask] For your convenience we have attached your original mail message. >Received: from ohstvma.ircc.ohio-state.edu by top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (5.61/3.910213) > id AA11531; Tue, 9 Jul 91 17:21:30 -0400 >Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >Received: from OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU by OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.1MX) with BSMTP id 8870; Tue, 09 Jul 91 17:19:13 EDT >Received: from JHUVM.BITNET by OHSTVMA.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with > BSMTP id 8866; Tue, 09 Jul 91 17:18:48 EDT >Received: by JHUVM (Mailer R2.07) id 1893; Tue, 09 Jul 91 17:05:48 EST >Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1991 17:05:47 -0500 >From: Revised List Processor (1.7a) <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Message >To: [log in to unmask] > >You are not a registered NAD (Node Administrator) for node >HPUXA.IRCC.OHIO-STATE.EDU. The NAD for this node is >[log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >U >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >U >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >>>> You are not authorized to act on behalf of [log in to unmask] >U (much more of the same deleted...)