In article <[log in to unmask]>, Raymond Ayers <[log in to unmask]> says: >One of my users sent me a copy of a message sent out from one of the >lists my LISTSERV is running. Could some one point me at the error >(if it is one) or the option which causes mail to leave my site and 13; , >Fri >go to UGA to be distributed to LAN users who are local to my site. >FACTS: One "fact" was omitted: LISTSERV, as well as MAILER (LMAIL), has no "clue" as to the appropriateness of choosing a "closer" path to the host, even though it is in a subdomain of scarolina.edu. As a matter of fact, the only clue is quite the opposite: doing a TELL MAILER AT UNIVSCVM SH R bigbird.csd.scarolina.edu returns: From UNIVSCVM(MAILER): * BIGBIRD.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU is routed as follows: From UNIVSCVM(MAILER): * <.EDU> UNIVSCVM SMTP BSMTP Further, there is no .scarolina.edu entry in the standard DOMAIN NAMES file, thus I suspect that LISTSERV (and MAILER) is doing what it is supposed to do: use the LISTSERV Distribute algorithm (the network of listserv backbone sites to spread the distribution load of a list mailing). A debug LISTSERV BSMTP distribute to two users reveals this log: Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 14:45:44 -0400 From: L-Soft list server at UNIVSCVM (1.8a) <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Output of your job "Path.L" Job "Path.L" started on 8 Jul 1994 14:45:42 > DIST2 Mail Ack=Mail Debug=Yes Debug trace information: BIGBIRD.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU goes to UGA (002) Path information: UGA : Direct (Debug) Mail forwarded to LISTSERV@UGA for 2 recipients. Job "Path.L" ended on 8 Jul 1994 14:45:43 >Headers from C0260@UNIVSCVM's message to CSDLISTA, >as received by [log in to unmask] >>From @UGA.CC.UGA.EDU:[log in to unmask] Fri Jul 8 09:24:13 1994 >>Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> >>Date: Fri, 8 Jul 1994 09:02:28 EDT >>Reply-To: CSDLISTA <[log in to unmask]> >>Sender: CSDLISTA <[log in to unmask]> >>From: Dorothy Tudor <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: New Employees - How about a brief posting? >>To: Multiple recipients of list CSDLISTA > <[log in to unmask]> -- co-owner INFOSYS, TQM-L, CPARK-L, ERAPPA-L, JANITORS, LDBASE-L, et -L [log in to unmask] "Are you downsizing or dumbsizing?" +1 814 863 1843 31 Shields Bldg. -- Penn State Univ -- University Park, PA 16802-1202 USA