On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Bryce Ryan wrote:
> i'm working with a new provider for a list that will generate a lot of
> traffic; typical contentious discussion list. the provider insists that
> they must insert Errors-To: headers that point at the list admin
> e-dress; they're muttering something about bounce handling and
> not wanting to have to deal with bounces from *my* list.
> i thought the general wisdom was that Errors-To: was useless, in
> fact down right harmful, though i can't seem to recall the specifics.
I don't know about harmful, but it certainly is useless. The correct way
is the set the SMTP (or envelope) From to the address that should get the
errors. Note this is not the same thing as the Header From. The mail
standards, clearly state that error reports should go to the envelope
From. With sendmail (and all sendmail drop-ins) the envelope from can be
set on the originating commandline with the -f option as long as the
username that is calling sendmail is among the "trusted users".
Conventionally, mailing lists set the envelope from to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
so if that is an alias for you (the list manager) then all is well and
your ISP should be happy.
-j
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