> When a mailer generates a delivery error, it sets the MAIL FROM: field to > the empty string. This is a signal that, if the message (I mean the > delivery error) cannot be delivered, it should just be dumped and no new > delivery error should be generated. This is a rare but normal occurrence > which your mail problem should be able to handle. > unfortunately I have seen several Bitnet/Internet gateways/MTAs that end up not being able to handle this correctly. In my own experience it has resulted in the incorrect construction of the From_ header that many MUAs use to identify as the seperator between mail messages. There appears to be a lot of finger pointing about who is at fault, but it is a fact that this action exposes errors in other software. -phil > Eric > -- J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110 [log in to unmask] - (314) 362-3617 [362-2694(FAX)]