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Re: Strange Email Bounce



On Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:03:10 -0500 Don Armstrong sent:

> On Mon, 20 Jun 2016, Michael Milliman wrote:
> > I just replied to an email here on the debian-user list.  I have
> > checked the debian-user list archive on debian.org, and the email
> > was indeed received and posted to the list.  Nevertheless, I also
> > received a bounce notice which was somewhat disturbing.  It
> > reported the email bounced from backup@ninjalabs.com.  This bounce
> > notice was in HTML format and was mostly an advert.  I am not an
> > expert, or even very knowledgeable, about reading email headers,
> > however it appears that the bounce was in response to the forward
> > of my original message after having been received by the
> > lists.debian.org server.  
> 
> This happens when people have their mail system misconfigured to send
> bounces to the header From: instead of the envelope FROM.

Which people? We who are getting these bounces or some other people?

I'll see if I get another like it. If so, then unsubscribe, then
subscribe with something other than Gmail.

Charlie


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