Kenneth Porter sent the message below at 11:15 3/18/2008: >--On Monday, March 17, 2008 1:20 PM -0400 Nick L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > I know that there is a workaround to remove the word 'bounces" in the from > > heading. > >Just curious, why would someone want to remove "bounces"? Is it a swear >word in some languages? > ---------------- End original message. ---------------------
This issue has come up a number of times on this list since I have been a member. I think it is really a cosmetic thing. It's also limited to particular versions of Microsoft Outlook that display the From address as something like: "From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [EMAIL PROTECTED]" It's not entirely incorrect for Outlook to do that as it is using the envelope-sender information not the actual From: header to display that info. The problem is that the relevant RFC document is vague on how that should be handled and displayed in the MUA. Mailman sends outgoing e-mails using the listname-bounces address as the envelope-sender to enable proper bounce handling when a delivery failure occurs. So the problem comes down to living with this display in Outlook or disabling proper bounce handling. Personally, I want proper bounce handling and anyone using Outlook that complains to me about this is basically told (politely, usually) there is nothing I can do about fixing something Microsoft did in their e-mail client so they can either live with it or find an e-mail client to their liking. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
