Definition of headers (redirecting mailer daemon messages)

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From: David Datta
Date: Sat, 26 May 1990 04:02

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I have set up a mailing list, the mail going into the list is run
through an awk script that changes the old From, Reply-To, and Server
lines to match where I want mail to reply to. (The list) I have been
looking for a definition of the other "standard" header fields that
handle where error messages are bounced to from other machines. I have
read RFC822 and have not been able to find an update that refers to
header lines such as "Errors-To".

The problem I am having right now is I can get the error messages to go
to me using the "Errors-To" line. They also get sent to the list. As
utgoing messages are forwarded as From <mailing-list>, the bounced
messages go to both the From: and Errors-To: addresses. Resulting in a
nice endless loop.

We are running BSD Unix and sendmail.
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-Dave 	datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu
	....uwm!uwpvacs!datta
	uwpvacs!datta@uwm.edu

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From: datta@vacs.uwp.wisc.edu (David Datta)
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Subject: Definition of headers (redirecting mailer daemon messages)
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Date: 26 May 90 04:02:55 GMT
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