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Subject: AOL and odd Reply-to
From: Nick Simicich <njs @ scifi . squawk . com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 16:18:26 -0400
To: list-managers <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>

I just debugged a problem in someone else's list setup.

The symptom was that AOL users were not getting postings from other AOL 
users.  Non-AOL users were getting all postings.

The problem turned out to be that they had an odd reply-to munging:

Reply-to:  listname@listdomain, posting-user@example.com

When the message was actually posted by an AOL user, this read:

Reply-to: listname@listdomain, example@aol.com

And AOL would decide that the message was bogus and drop it on the 
floor.  I can sort of see why. :-)

Dropping the originating user from the reply-to made everything work.

Just a heads-up.  This configuration is apparently an option in Sympa.

--
"Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of 
nature!"
  -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Nick Simicich - njs@scifi.squawk.com




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