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Re: wierd returnings



on Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 12:03:55PM +0100, Frank Zimmermann (F.Zimmermann@bham.ac.uk) wrote:
> Sebastiaan wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Paul Scott wrote:
> > > In the header I see a line 'bounced'. Does that mean that the list bounces
> > the mail from some users to ghe_rivero@yahoo.es?  No wonder his account is
> > full.
> > 
> > Greetz,
> > Sebastiaan
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> AFAIK his account has reached the quota and everytimes a mail is 
> send to him it is bounced. Because the Reply-to is set to the 
> original sender it comes to you. Imagine what would ahppen if the 
> Reply-to was set to the list!!

He'd be unsubscribed by listmaster.  This is in fact the preferred
behavior.  List members can do little but procmail the idiot or try to
hail his postmaster.

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