>VMSmail is not a RFC822 interface, unfortunately. The system manager must >decide what should work at the expense of what. One of the options is to >make delivery errors work at the expense of replies. Most people make >replies work at the expense of the other options. Some lists don't run in >"safe" mode, usually because they run at sites with an obsolete version >of XMAILER, and have no option but to set the delivery error return >address to the list name. > > Eric How does VMSmail relate to this? I'm on a VMS machine, but the list isn't -- Brown runs VM like a 'real' listserv machine should. I have no idea what GSU's machine is. What I'm asking, I suppose, is why these postings become delivery errors. Or perhaps *whether* they're errors. After all, they don't say anything about an error; they just get readdressed. I'm never told that there's anything incorrect about these messages. Also, this mail to 'owner-' comes straight from the user himself, rather than from some SMTPLST address or a POSTMAN. The user is experienced enough to know that replies to other lists seem to reach their intended targets. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- neal [log in to unmask] 412-624-0097 (office) [log in to unmask] 412-624-7397 (fax) Owner: STATLG-L "Baseball (and Lesser Sports) Discussion List"