On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 02:41:20PM -0400, MarkG wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 02:08:33PM -0400, Warren Mansur wrote:
> > One probable reason is that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an address to a Compaq
> > server. So, whenever anyone sends email to this address, regardless of the
> > cc's, it goes through compaq. Apparently the gnhlug server tries to send the
> > email to each of the email addresses in the list, and that particular server
> > (bigfoot.com) cannot be accessesed from this server.
> >
> Doubtful. We have several users subscribed from bigfoot.com, and this is the
> only one that appears problematic.
>
> > >From the looks of the error message, bigfoot.com uses ESMTP instead of SMTP.
> > ESMTP requires that the connecting server send an authorizing username and
> > password, which clearly gnuhlug does not.
> >
> Nope. Bigfoot.com does not do mail relay. They simply use alias lists to
> redirect mail to one or more other accounts. Mail sent by a bigfoot member
> comes directly from their local system, whatever it might be.
>
> > I get it too, and I think the only way to get rid of it is to take
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] off of the list. They're clearly not getting the emails
> > anyway!
> >
> That I can do.
>
And so I have. Got a bounce from this post indicating the address is
no longer active, so I've purged it from the rolls. Thanks for your
patience everyone.
> > Warren
> >
> MarkG
>
MarkG
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