I think the mandrake servers would reject it with a "mail loops back to self" message..
what you suggest is similiar to what alot of newbies do accidently when they first setup a mail server. postfix sortof expects it and knows that it shouldn't start an endless mail loop with it. rgds Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of _nasturtium Sent: Wednesday, 27 November 2002 5:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] OT Mailing list, what if... Hello, I was just wondering what would happen if I went to www.linux-mandrake.com, then subscribed to newbie the address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Of course, the confirmation email would be sent to the list, and it would be trivial to "fake" your mail headers and send back the subscribe request. Then, whenever an email is sent to newbie, it will be sent to all subscribers to the list. Including newbie... Then that email is sent to the newbie list, where subscribers such as newbie will receive it...etc. - circular mail? Just something interesting to think about, though I'm not sure if it would get very far. Either way, I'm not going to be the one who tests it! Regards, _nasturtium
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