[cobalt-users] RE: Majordomo RAQ4 majorcool (Mark Roebuck)

[Mark Roebuck <mroebuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

	On Sunday 14 April 2002 10:45 am, Mark Roebuck wrote:
	>
	> 	If I open the mail file, I find that even though the mail
has
	> reached the correct mailbox,  the 'to' address in the header is
the address
	> of the list not of the intended recipient.
	>

	This is normal for a list....
	Who is this message TO?


	-- 
	Gerald Waugh : Registered Linux user # 255245


	It makes no difference who it is to, as it does it for all
recipients.

	The problem is that if the email goes into a catchall, then it is
collected by something like exchange server. Exchange server will look at
the 'to' address and because the to address is the listname it re-routes the
message back to the list server which then resends the message causing a
mail loop.


	The message header from my list has the line:

	for 'listname'@mydomain.com <mailto:webchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


	as the recipient.

	whereas as incoming email for my subscription to the actual
majordomo user list has:

	for 'myname'@mydomain.com <mailto:myname@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 

	this means that exchange can route the message correctly.


	Thanks

	Mark Roebuck