David Fedor wrote:
At 03:54 AM 7/31/2005, Chris Tutty wrote:
From: "Luc Le Blanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Regarding the full mailbox problem, shouldn't these messages be
sent to
the news
> mailer, not the poster? After all, to the mailer is the message origin
(spreading
> the post), not to poster.
>
I asked about this some years ago but the reply was that
it's really out of their control because the mail arrives at
that person's inbox with From=WhoeverPostedTheMessage
so the mail reader does what it's been told and sends a reply
to say that this person is out of the office and can't respond.
I've checked the headers and, as far as my limited knowledge
takes me, all of the other lists I'm on seem to run the same
way. I think this list has this problem more frequently because
it's huge and has a fair number of subscribers in corporate
environments (where autoresponders are more common).
Actually the problem is that the autoresponder should have the
intelligence to notice that it is about to respond to a mailing list.
There's a standard header which our list server adds
(x-precedence:bulk) which autoresponders should look for. Some don't
look, sadly, so they cause this problem.
OK. But why cannot someone who manages the list simply disable
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" entirely, so there will not be any messages TO,
and, thus, no autoresponses FROM there. That's the address that keeps
bouncing back to me when I post something. It is obviously not a valid
address, as the same error has been happening for weeks now. If the
person at that address comes back to life eventually and wants back in,
then just let them ask directly. I'm not really whining, 'cause it
doesn't bother me THAT much, but wouldn't that be a relatively easy
solution? Bob
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