On Tue, 22 Jun 1993 13:54:18 EDT Peter M. Weiss said: >Perhaps another way of putting what Mike said is that though >they have (attempted to) subscribed via Bitnet, then are OKing >via Internet and their Bitnet node is not equivalenced to >their Internet Host name (if applicable) (and/or they go thru >a Bitnet/Internet gateway that re-writes their address?) > >/Pete Another possibility but don't be surprised if Eric says I'm all wrong. 1) User@bitnode sends subscribe to LISTSERV@FQDN instead of [log in to unmask] 2) Postmaster@bitnode has ignored the implicit request in DOMAIN NAMES to send all mail for DomainName to mailer@listnode and routes it via the InterNet. 3) Mail arrives at listnode with a source route due to being forced through a gateway. 4) LISTSERV unravels the source route and stores User@bitnode in PERMVARS to wait for the confirmation. 5) User sends confirmation the same way but LISTSERV uses the source route to search PERMVARS and finds no match. Circumvention: BITNET users should use the BITNET node name when sending to LISTSERV rather than the FQDN. Glenn A. Malling (NETMAN@SUVM) or [log in to unmask] Syracuse University Computing Services +1 (315) 443-4111 Machinery Hall Syracuse, New York 13244-1260