On (07/03/09 11:50), Joerg van den Hoff wrote: > To: dwm mail list <[email protected]> > Cc: Premysl Hruby <[email protected]> > From: Joerg van den Hoff <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [dwm] [[email protected]: Messages from [email protected] > to you have been bouncing]
... > > Wow, his MTA (or maybe MUA) is sending out a delivery status > > notification, saying that the message was delivered. I didn't think any > > MTAs actually did that, it can create many problems (like the current > > one). > > > > Joerg, you should check your mail client to see if it's sending out > > delivery status notifications (DSNs). What's happening is that your > > mail client, or your mail server, is responding back to the message > > I presume, it's our IMAP server in central IT. I'll forward your message. > > I'm using `mutt' (which at least > claims to suck less than other mail clients) and AFAICS should have > nothing to do with the delivery notification, right? I'm using mutt too, and have no problem. Do you use any other program/device to access that IMAP account? > > > saying "I got it!" mlmmj (the list software used at suckless.org, which > > I happen to have contributed to) treats any response to the envelope > > sender address as a bounced message. > > naive question: would it harm if mlmmj would treat the DSN has > harmless/irrelevant instead of 'bounced'? No, that's not possible. If you look on that "bounce" message carefully you will see that your MX is sending it as MAILERDAEMON (<> address to be precise) so that's fully featured bounce message. > > > > > I'm guessing there's some sender on the list who requests delivery > > status notifications on their outbound messages, and this is why you > > only see the bounces occasionally. Well, I searched dwm archive and there's no email with header from disposition-notification-* family -- one responsible for requesting that "I read your email" thingie. > > I start to get the picture. > > > > > I'll refrain from expounding on my opinion of DSNs. Check the Internet > > if you're curious. > > I always am. > > > thanks again, > > joerg regards -- Premysl "Anydot" Hruby, http://www.redrum.cz/
