BigBirdy;314332 Wrote:
> A few months back my registration with discuss (AT) lists (DOT)
> slimdevices.com was
> canceled due to bounces. I have now signed up again and I can see that
> I
> still get messages from "discuss-bounces (AT) lists (DOT)
> slimdevices.com". Can
> anyone point me in the right direction to address this issue? I
> actually
> see it on other mailing lists I subscribe to.
>
> Thanks :)
Many mailing list packages use a special return address with '-bounces'
as part of the name.
They do this so that bounces from full mailboxes etc don't go back to
the list itself, but to the list processing software to handle.
Like postal mail, SMTP has two 'From' addresses. One is the one you
usually see in the 'From:' line, which for a mailing list is usually
the person who posted the mail.
The other is the SMTP-From, which is 'where to send error notices'.
As I said, it is like snail mail: the From: that most mail clients
display is equivalent to the return address on the letterhead. It is
where you would send replies. The SMTP-From is like the return address
on the envelope: where the post office sends undeliverable mail.
In short, if your mail headers show something like:
Code:
--------------------
From [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(some other stuff)
From: Fred Foo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--------------------
Then all is normal. Don't worry about it.
Replies to the mail (unless a Reply-To sends it elsewhere), will go to
Fred, errors getting it to your mailbox would have gone to
something-bounce. It doesnt mean your mail is bouncing, just that the
list processor is correctly setting itself to process error messages
instead of Fred (who really doesnt want to know if 200 people on a
large mailing list have full mailboxes).
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