On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 09:08:27PM -0500, Colin Watson wrote: > On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 04:45:31PM -0600, John Galt wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote: > > >Yes. The mail transfer agent used to deliver mail to one of the subscribers > > >of debian-user is buggy; it is sending error messages to people who send > > >mail to debian-user rather than to the adres specified by Debian's mailing > > >list software for such messages. > > > > you mean: > > > > Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > That is, bounces to the person originating the message? > > That address isn't delivered to you; try it if you like ... It's also > set depending on the *recipient*, not the sender.
[ is this m-f-t for real ?] In fact, such an address is known as a VERP and allows the list admin to discover _where_ the bounce is occuring (since sometimes it's actually someone subscribed to a list exploder). http://cr.yp.to/proto/verp.txt Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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