On 7/12/00 12:45 PM, Tom Neff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote...
>>The real problem is the authentication message for my mailing list
>>software. If I want to run my lists at best.com (and I do) then I have to
>>use their software and it uses angle brackets in the subject header.
>>Adding a period causes authentication to fail and then all these AOLers run
>>to me to subscribe them by hand.
>
>Yes, this appears to be a BestServ software problem. Specifically, when you
>join a list using the web based interface (and/or email, maybe) you get a
>message of the form
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: List Auth Request ID=<x396c6c83.717.tMNmXtp3> REJECT
>
>and when you Reply, BestServ wants to see _exactly_ that string in the
>Subject, or no dice.
Whatever happened to being liberal in what you accept and conservative in
what you send? Subject lines get mangled by bad software, screwed-up mail
gateways, and errant users all the time. The important thing is the
cookie. So long as it's in-tact, BestServ shouldn't care what else is in
the subject line.
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Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois
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