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Subject: Re: What is this "registered" business.
From: Info-LabVIEW List Maintainer <info-labview-request @ pica . army . mil>
Organization: Electric Armts Div, US Army ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
Date: Thu, 2 Jun 94 8:45:19 EDT
To: list-managers @ greatcircle . com

Michelle Dick <artemis@rahul.net> wrote:
>
>OK, I'm not up on all the various mailing list software or mail
>handlers or what not out there, but I seem to periodically be flooded
>by requests like:
>
>>To: owner-fatfree <owner-fatfree@hustle.rahul.net>
>>Subject: Registered: [users name]
>
>What the f*ck?
>
>I just delete 'em.

Me too. You're getting them because people have the Return-Receipt-To: field
in the headers of the msgs they send your list. And not all mailers quite
fully understand them, I guess. I have a line in my newuser banner msg
asking them to turn off this option. Kinda helps...

                 Tom Coradeschi, Info-LabVIEW List Maintainer
                     <info-labview-request@pica.army.mil>

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