On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 18:22:19 -0500 Barry A Warsaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> "JCL" == J C Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The problem is that Mailman attempts the parse the body of a >> bounce to determine subscriber address. As the message body >> format is not standardised this is an error prone process (which >> also explains the attraction of VERP). > Actually, the bounce format /is/ standardized in RFC 1894, > i.e. Delivery Status Notifications (DSN), and of course Mailman > groks DSN. I knew I should have added an "in practice" there, but by the time I thought of that I got distracted by a phone call, hit send, and, well... > A special place in hell is reserved for the authors of MSExchange > who not only decided to roll their own, but also made the > brilliant decision to include absolutely nothing in the bounce > message which even hints at the remotest morsel of a clue as to > the intended recipient. Aye, so I've been noticing. <Actively wishes yet again he'd configured his MTAs to auto-bounce all Exchange connections upon receipt> -- J C Lawrence ---------(*) Satan, oscillate my metallic sonatas. [EMAIL PROTECTED] He lived as a devil, eh? http://www.kanga.nu/~claw/ Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
