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- From: chris@CSVAX1.UCC.IE (J.C. Higgins, Sys Mgr CsVax1, UCC , Eire)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.mail.mx
- Subject: RE: Trapping bounced mail.
- Message-ID: <0096078F.82C0F580.8133@CSVAX1.UCC.IE>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 23:19:06 GMT
- Organization: Mx-List<==>Vmsnet.Mail.Mx Gateway
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- In a previous article, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU wrote:
- >Subject: RE: Trapping bounced mail.
- >
- >In article <00960654.3C37AE60.13396@WKUVX1.BITNET>, Hunter Goatley
- > <goathunter@WKUVX1.BITNET> writes:
- >>"J.C. Higgins, Sys Mgr CsVax1, UCC , Eire" <chris@CSVAX1.UCC.IE> writes:
- >>>
- >>>Is there any way that I can have a copy of mail that is to be 'bounced'
- >>>back to the sender sent to the POSTMASTER.
- >>>
- >>Currently, there's not....
- >>
- >I think that having the ability to have a copy of the HEADERS of all bounced
- >mail forwarded to the POSTMASTER would be a nice feature. However, I don't
- >think the body of the message need be forwarded as well.
- >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -
- >Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
- >
-
- No, I think that it would be better to have the whole message forwarded to
- the POSTMASTER. I know that brings in some ethical problems, (reading
- someone elses mail), but if the mail was bounced because the sender made
- some sort of obvious typo on the destination address then the POSTMASTER
- would be able to forward the message to the user. Or take the case where the
- message is notification to an account that has been removed from the system,
- that it has been unsubscribed from a mailing list. Wouldn't it be nice for
- the POSTMASTER to be able to see that the account has been unsubscribed, and
- not have to manually unsubcribe the account. (Which has been already removed
- from the list).
-
- Chris.
-
- + J.C. Higgins, Sys Admin + If you love something, set it free. If it doesn't
- + CHRIS@csvax1.ucc.ie + come back to you, hunt it down and KILL it. If
- + SCCS6002@iruccvax.ucc.ie + that doesn't work, then GIVE UP peacefully.
-