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- Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ALASKA.BITNET!SXKAC
- Message-ID: <MAIL-L%92101320174177@BITNIC.EDUCOM.EDU>
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.mail-l
- Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 11:00:04 -0900
- Sender: BITNIC MAIL-L List <MAIL-L@UGA.BITNET>
- From: Kurt Carlson <SXKAC@ALASKA.BITNET>
- Subject: questions on mail to bitnet nodes
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- BITnet messages from our system are posted from MAILER@ALASKA
- direct to the recipient (not any mailer defined within XMAILER NAMES)
- Class=M, Name=sender_userid, Type=Mail, with appropriate
- RFC822 headers.
-
- Occassionally, users at our site foul up the recipient userid.
- We've encountered several VM sites running RSCS v3 which are
- sending non-delivery notifications as files back to MAILER@ALASKA
- which is, needless to say, less than desirable. My understanding
- is that this is an RSCS v3 function and the original messages
- never made it to their mailer as it was posted directly to the
- user.
-
- My questions:
-
- 1. Must we (or even just "should we") respect XMAILER NAMES and
- post bitnet messages to the registered mailer in bsmtp packaging?
-
- We have not done this to date for BITnet messages as we've not felt
- obligated to and it is more efficient not to. We do, of course,
- package bsmtp and use DOMAIN NAMES registered mailers for gated
- internet messages.
-
- 2. Should sites in general accept direct posts irregardless of
- a registered mailer?
-
- We accept direct or to MAILER@ALASKA, all of which are passed through
- our mailer which will bounce non-deliverables back to the recipient.
-
- 3. In the event of non-deliverable messages, are there any
- standards on how they should be processed?
-
- Most sites, us and the RSCS v3 sites in questions, endeavor to process
- them automatically without human intervention.
-
- If there is some definitive CREN authorized document which answers these
- questions, that would be my preference. Lacking that, I'll listen to
- whatever opinions are offered.
-
- Kurt Carlson, University of Alaska
-