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Re: KA9Q .WRK files - Reverse path

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From: Tim Illingworth
Date: Wed, 03 Jan 1996 00:00
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In article <820707393snx@holly.demon.co.uk>
           mcr@holly.demon.co.uk "Mark Rogers" writes:

>Does this mean that putting (eg) "errors@holly.demon.co.uk" as the From 
>mail address would be a useful idea [*], or am I missing something? Would 
>this be a useful thing for mailing list software (eg SmofList) to set 
>automatically, so that non-delivery messages don't get sent back to the 
>list? Or is DISPC only telling part of the story?

Yes, you can do this.  It's the second parameter to the [reply] line.
Mine is set to [reply] * *-request, with

*-request@smof.demon.co.uk request@smof.demon.co.uk

in my rewrite file, so that all errors go to the request mailbox.

All the Best,

Tim

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