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[Brian Lane]

On Mon, 16 Oct 1995, Jonathan R. Lusky wrote:

> William Turner writes:
> > 
> > Also, FWIW, the problem lies with the mailing-list program. It should not
> > have bounced bounced messages onto the list.
> 
> No, the problem is the mail daemon at Hull.  It is in violation of section
> 4.4.4 of RFC822.  Any messages concerning erros in transport or delivery
> should be sent to the address designated by the "Sender" header.

  That's true, but the mailing list program should also protect against 
it. I deleted all the bounces so I can't check, but when a message is 
bounced, isn't there a unique header added that can be checked? I think 
that the SmartMail program checks for this to protect against bounce 
loops like this.

   Brian

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