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- Listserv FAQ v1.1 (11/27/95) - Maintained by Pete Nelson
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- Please direct comments to pete@terminal-one.com
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- Q: After someone sends a message to my mailing list, I find messages
- from my mailing list addressed back to my mailing list. Help!!
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- A: Incoming messages will have a standard message header added to them
- by the site that sent the message. These headers will include who
- and where the message is from, date and time, message ID, and a lot of
- other info. One specific piece of info is who the message is addressed
- to, and will look like this in the header:
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- To: wildcat-l@terminal-one.com
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- This indicates that the message is addressed to the user Wildcat-L at
- the domain terminal-one.com.
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- When Listserv processes an incoming message and sends it to the mailing
- list subscribers, it sends the entire message out, including the header.
- This includes the line in the header that has the "To:" information.
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- The reason the messages get looped back to the mailing list is that
- wcGATE sees the "To:" information on the outgoing messages and sends
- the message back to the mailing list.
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- "Ok, now how do I automatically get rid of the 'To:' line?"
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- The Listserv filter file (LISTSERV.FLT) will specifcy which lines get
- removed from outgoing messages. Just simply type in the "To:" line
- as it appears in the header of incoming messages for your mailing lists.
- It is not case sensitive, but it does have to match exactly what is in
- the message header. There may be several variations on the "To:"
- information, and all of those will have to be listed in the filter
- file.
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- Listserv will remove any lines listed in the filter file from the
- outgoing messages on the mailing lists. wcGATE will no longer see a
- "To:" line in the message and will no longer loop messages back to the
- mailing list.
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- Author's Note: With the v2.77 release, Listserv should filter out this
- stuff automatically.
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- Q: Can I get a copy of the source code?
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- A: Yes you can! It is available for a $15 fee, and is good for all future
- releases of Listserv. See the ORDER.FRM file for more details.
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