On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, David W. Tamkin wrote: > Rick wrote, > > > I spoke with one systems administrator who said that my messages were > > being received with PRECEDENCE=NORMAL, and the sysadmin uses that to > > gauge who gets an auto-responder.
I've heard that before, too. It was one of the few postmaster responses I got from pointing people to my rant. Basically, the short answer is that that is the capability that is built into MS-Exchange. They needed to defend their software choice. > I sent my stuff out with Precedence: list, so if that had happened on > any of my lists I would never have known. But if I found out I'd have > certainly given that admin the URL to Jeff's rant. That is why you aren't seeing this much on the lists you manage. MS-Exchange does test for "Precedence: list". So far, nothing in this discussion has made me think to weaken or soften my rant. Indeed, if I ever actually get around to updating content, I will more heavily emphasize the importance of checking for recipient address in recipient headers. And I will raise the option of limiting that match just to "To". -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/ Relativism is the triumph of authority over truth, convention over justice Hate spam? Boycott MCI! http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/anti-spam/mci/
