On Fri, 24 Nov 1995, Steve Howie wrote: > On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, Eric Thomas wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Nov 1995 11:21:54 -0500 Steve Howie <[log in to unmask]> said: > > > > >Question: why is this mail getting forwarded to LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE ?? > > > > Because you have 6 recipients in Scandinavia. > > Ah, but we don't. They are all in Canada. > I found the same behaviour on another list created a few days ago. The common thread is that the subscribers who are mailed via a LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE all are in domains which have an entry in a file in ($LSVROOT)/home/service.names e.g. for a UPEI.CA address there exists an entry :nick.UPEI.CA :service1.DISTRIBUTE LISTSERV.UNB.CA The list owner also gets the following message from [log in to unmask] > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 01:33:15 +0100 > From: L-Soft list server at LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE (1.8b) <[log in to unmask]> > To: <<list owner>>@uoguelph.ca > Subject: Output of job "CFS-NE" from [log in to unmask] > > Command replies from [log in to unmask] are being forwarded to you. > > You are not allowed to use inter-server DISTRIBUTE control keywords. Your > job ("CFS-NE MAILDIST") has been transferred to the postmaster. > Questions: What does the file "service.names" do? Why would the outbound mail be sent to LISTMAIL.SUNET.SE? Are these subscribers actually getting their mail? Getting a bit confused, Scotty -- ================================================================= Steve Howie Email: [log in to unmask] NetNews and Gopher Admin. Phone: (519) 824-4120 x2556 Computing and Communications Svcs. Fax: (519) 763-6143 University of Guelph If it's not Scottish its CRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP =================================================================