"Carlos Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I was wondering why when something is sent to a mailman alias address
>is the actual email address manipulated to show a different non
>existing address.
>
>For example, I create a mailman group "everyone" so now people can
>email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and when the users get an email from that
>group, they see the following header info:
>
>Return Path = <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>X-Original-To = <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Delivered-To = <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>So when people see this, they attempt to send back to
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] and of course the email is rejected
>because that address does not exist. I as an email administrator
>understand how to read the header but most common users don't and
>almost always send to the wrong address. They become frustrated and
>annoyed with Mailman and want this fixed. I explain to them to not
>copy and paste the email address but rather to simply reply to all or
>reply to sender.
>
>Why does mailman do this? I don't understand the "bounce" parameter
>and or why it does not show its from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
>
>Thanks for any clarification or info on how to resolve this.
The address is set so that bounced mail will be sent back to the
-bounces address ,and Mailman can process the bounce according to the
bounce parameters configured for the list.
In the aliases file there should be a -bounces address for each list.
Here is what I have in the
/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases
file on Ubuntu:
# STANZA START: mailman
# CREATED: Fri Mar 9 14:35:32 2007
mailman: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"
mailman-admin: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"
mailman-bounces: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"
mailman-confirm: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"
mailman-join: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"
mailman-leave: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"
mailman-owner: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"
mailman-request: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"
mailman-subscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"
mailman-unsubscribe: "|/var/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"
# STANZA END: mailman
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Barry S. Finkel
Computing and Information Systems Division
Argonne National Laboratory Phone: +1 (630) 252-7277
9700 South Cass Avenue Facsimile:+1 (630) 252-4601
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