You said "get Majordomo to properly address", so I will take exception
to that phrasing. This really has nothing to do with Majordomo or even
the sending MTA. The two together -- properly and fully compliant to all
RFCs -- encode the actual recipients as part of the envelope
information, not as a tangible header. Catch-all mailboxes and
'mdaemon'-like processes are a kludge at best and it is the
responsibility of the receiving MTA to extract any envelope info if it
is needed down the line. This is usually done through "Envelope-to" or
"Apparantly-To" headers or similar. But again, it is "properly" the
function of the terminating MTA and local delivery agent.
--bill
Mark Salisbury wrote:
>Some members of one of the lists I am managing are having a problem with list emails received by their server in a common or catchall POP box. The headers indicate that the re-sent email is addressed to the list address (e.g. listname@lists.domain.com) and there is no mention of the intended recipient (member of the list). Thus when their email server (exchange) empties the box, it doesn't know for whom the message is intended as there is no local address, and delivers the messages to the default administrator address, not to the intended recipient.
>
>Is there a way I can get Majordomo to properly address such re-sent messages so that the intended recipient of each is explicit in the headers?
>Perhaps there's some document already out there somewhere!
>
>Thanks for any assistance.
>
>Mark.
>
>
>A full, but anonymised sample of what is received in the POP box (before the exchange server) is below:
>
>From owner-listname@lists.domain.com Wed Nov 3 12:37:44 2004
>Return-Path: <owner-listname@lists.domain.com>
>Received: (from mail@localhost)
> by www.host-domain.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id iA3Cbit03957;
> Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:37:44 GMT
>Received: from dizzy.xyz.net (66.174.187.81.in-addr.arpa [81.187.174.66])
> by www.host-domain.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id iA3CbiZ03953
> for <listname@lists.domain.com>; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:37:44 GMT
>content-class: urn:content-classes:message
>Subject: [listname] test list for mark
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="iso-8859-1"
>Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:36:28 -0000
>X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0
>Message-ID: <CB867F326A90E440A81098B8189E693B875E8F@dizzy.okco.net>
>X-MS-Has-Attach:
>X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
>Thread-Topic: test list for mark
>Thread-Index: AcTBoedyZkjhUNIoR9y3nAgqp5xS4g==
>From: "Mark Salisbury" <mark@sender-domain.com>
>To: <listname@lists.domain.com>
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by www.host-domain.com id iA3CbiZ03954
>Sender: owner-listname@lists.domain.com
>Precedence: bulk
>Reply-To: listname@lists.domain.com
>X-Majordomo-Version: 1.94.4
>
>This message from "Mark" <mark@sender-domain.com>
>test
>
>
>
>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>This is the XXXXXXXXX mailing list.
>
>
>END OF SAMPLE
>
>Mark Salisbury B.Sc. ARCS
>Managing Director, The Oxford Knowledge Company Limited
>Woodside, Badger Lane, Hinksey Hill, Oxford OX1 5BE
>http://www.oxford-knowledge.com/
>
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>
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