Hi List members,
On 08 January 2000 at 23:00:57 GMT +0100 (which was 22:00 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points:
WA> What's the hell is this?
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Right! I now have the absolute and final answer on this.
This morning I've had a very enlightening private conversation with
John Sullivan (thank you John) on this topic which makes it
*perfectly* clear that we are suffering from the effects of what could
be said to be a bug in TB!
It is now clear that TB sends the "Reply-To" name in the SMTP FROM
address when talking to SMTP relay servers. I can see the sense in
this. Any rejection notices are routed to the SMTP FROM: address and,
if you have specified a Reply-To:, then perhaps you really do wanted
bounce messages to go there instead of to the address in the message
x-header From: field. But, it is the SMTP FROM (as opposed to the
"From:" field) which is used by the list server to verify that the
sender is a member.
So, anyone posting to this list with a "Reply-To" *other* than that of
their subscribed name will have their posting rejected. What's more,
the SMTP FROM address is used to route rejection notifications. The
above message occurs when the Reply-To address is set to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (or TBBETA).
I know that, observing list traffic, it looks like we're all set that
way and it makes some kind of sense to change your configuration to
match (see Angel, there was a logic to it ;-]) in reality *that*
Reply-To has been inserted by the ListServer and *must not* be set
that way at the originating client.
Whenever *anyone* posts to the list with this configuration, then we
*all* get the error message (the bounce is redirected to the SMTP FROM
which, in this case is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and so it goes to the
whole list - aaargh). What's more, we can't see who is the culprit.
1) I would like everyone on the list to check that their Reply-To
address is the same as their From: address for posting to the TB
lists. Check it a) in the address book templates, b) in the folder
templates and c) in any QuickTemplates used. If it's not right,
correct it. If anyone is using TBUDL as their personal Reply-To then
let me know privately that you were set this way. I know at least one
person *has* to be, because bounce the messages have been coming.
2) I will repeat this as a bug report to both RITLabs (who could
possibly make it an option as to which of the From/Reply-To addresses
to use in the SMTP FROM protocol line) and to the makers of the
ListServer regarding a greater latitude on which addresses are used to
validate list membership.
...unless someone has something more definitive to contribute on this
topic before I go making bold statements to authors... :-)
Cheers,
Marck
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Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Co-moderator TBUDL / TBBETA discussion lists
www: http://www.silverstones.com
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