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In article <F1NZXB4w165w@bsc.guild.org>, peters@bsc.guild.org (Peter Sleggs) writes:
> 
> Are there standard header lines added by listservers/mailing list
> programs to indicate where bounces should be sent ?
> 
> The From/Reply-To usually point to the sender/list address which is
> useless when the list maintainer is ignoring mail to that address, and
> the author has no control over the destinations :(
> 
> [ I have a site in our domain that no longer exists and a user was
> subscribed to the isdn mailing list ]

There should be some method of handling errors, but none is specifed in the
standards. sndmail allows tha addition of an "Errors-To:" header. This is not
covered in any standard, but is handled by most mailers.

The more correct way to handle this is the official one of having two mailboxes
for any mail list, the main one and another that has "-request" appended. the
"-request" lsit is used for administative purposes.

If the mail is coming from a "real" LISTSERV program, it may be managed by
sending mail to "LISTSERV@DOMAIN". Try sending a single line message "HELP".
Also use a subject of "HELP". DON'T send these to the list itself, though! You
should get instructions on how to add and delete addresses.

Also, mailing lists are often re-distributed. If the LISTSERV is sending to
foobar-users@mynode.edu which, in turn, forwards messages to 20 people on the
local site, sending to the LISTSERV won't help (except to turn off mail to
everyonw at teh site by deleteing foobar-users).. If the header shows messages
as processed by some intermediate system, that may be the place to look.

Good Luck!

R. Kevin Oberman			Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Internet: koberman@llnl.gov		(510) 422-6955

Disclaimer: Don't take this too seriously. I just like to improve my typing
and probably don't really know anything useful about anything.