On Thu, 16 Nov 1995 15:52:45 +0200 Eric Thomas said: > >There is now a draft Internet standard for a delivery error message >format. People are implementing it little by little and it will be >supported in version 1.8c. > > Eric Hurrah! As the non-technie listowner of a large and active list distributed in 30 countries, I am quite tired of the variations in delivery error message format. Some (a few) are very specific and informative), most give me some useable information but I may have to dig for it, and a few tell me nothing that I don't already know, that this message sent to this subscriber bounced! Often just determining which is the problem subscription is a chore. If the new standard will identify the subscriber and the type of problem involved, in a standard form and in a specified place in the error message, I might think that Listowner Nirvana had been achieved. I am probably being too optimistic about what the new standard can provide, even if most sites adopt it, but hope does spring eternal. Judith Hopkins Listowner of Autocat [log in to unmask]