I received something similar when a users system sent an autoreply
     notice to the "Welcome to the list" message that is generated when we
     add the e-mail address as a subscriber. As of yet, we don't know how
     to trap the "auto reply" messages before they get distributed to the
     entire list.


     Mike Smith


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Subject: Concerned with Auto-reply messages
Author:  Thomas Wolff <<a href="/scripts/wa-community.exe?LOGON=A3%3D9801%26L%3DLSTSRV-L%26E%3D7bit%26P%3D103175%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DUS-ASCII%3B%2520name%3D%2522cc%3AMail%2522%26N%3Dcc%3AMail" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> at Internet
Date:    1/28/98 11:00 AM


As a new list owner, I have some start up questions. I don't know if I
should submit this to LSTOWN-L or LSTSRV-L, so please understand that I
have sent it to both.  Opinions on which is more appropriate will be heeded
next time.

My first concern is how the system handles "auto-reply messages" (as our
corporate cc:Mail system calls them.). If the subscriber receives messages
while away and while the e-mail system has the auto-reply function on, a
message will be sent back to the list automatically.  Clearly, subscribers
don't want autoreply messages broadcast to them.

I did a test with my auto-reply mode on for my cc:Mail package and SET
REPro for our discussion list BUSINT-L.  This caused a sample message that
I sent to be posted back to me.  The auto-reply message was generated and,
fortunately, not sent to the whole list.  Somehow the message got rerouted
and, as list owner, I got the following message:

     The enclosed mail file has been identified as a delivery error for
     list BUSINT-L because it was sent to the reserved 'owner-busint-l'
     mailbox.

The rest of the message is appended at the end of this note if it helps
anyone.

My questions, to which I haven't found answers in the manual although they
might be there, are:

     How did the system know to do this?

     What is the reserved 'owner-busint-l' mailbox and does it serve other
     purposes?

     As list owner, can I shut off these messages to me because I don't
     want to see all the auto-reply messages either?

Any help is much appreciated.

Tom

The return message in full:

The enclosed mail file has been identified as a delivery error for list BUSINT-L
because it was sent to the reserved 'owner-busint-l' mailbox.

------------------------------ Message in error-------------------------------
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Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:55:30 -0600 Message-Id: <"AUTOANS-06175074*"@MHS>
In-Reply-To: <H00005220597f329@MHS>
Subject: Autoreply Message
MIME-Version: 1.0
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This is a test autoreply message.