Re: Strange Email Bounce
On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 08:33:22 +0100 Lisi Reisz sent:
> On Tuesday 21 June 2016 07:29:42 Charlie S wrote:
> > 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
>
> It's nothing to do with Gmail in this particular case. I am not
> getting them. It is the sender that has the misconfiguration in this
> case.
>
> Lisi
>
Just to be clear.
If someone sends to the list through Gmail and receives these bounces
back through Gmail, it's not Gmail at fault? Then what sender? The
Debian list maybe? If so why to some responding to a post?
Sorry for being so thick.
But it doesn't matter anyway I think.
Charlie
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