wrong list info in header (b1)
Hello everyone. I am running 2.0 b1 on a server that has been through all of the upgrades since 1b6. I was looking at my mail queue this morning and I noticed something odd about some of the notes sent out with the monthly reminder. I have actually noticed this in other months previous, but never got around to reporting it.
It appears that the header info on the monthly reminder reflects that the traffic is originating from a single list on the server that the person is not subscribed to. Actually, the list chi-ptech is a small defunct list, but even my large mail lists have this information in their monthly header. Here is a sample that I snagged from my queue
$snorthfield.aocn.aurora.edu $_IDENT:mailman@northfield.aocn.aurora.edu [192.203.224.101] S<chi-ptech-admin@aocn.aurora.edu> RPFD:<ceo@blackberrycomputers.com> H?P?Return-Path: <chi-ptech-admin@aocn.aurora.edu> HReceived: from northfield.aocn.aurora.edu (IDENT:mailman@northfield.aocn.aurora. edu [192.203.224.101]) by northfield.aocn.aurora.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA06641 for <ceo@blackberrycomputers.com>; Mon, 1 May 2000 05:02:39 -0500 H?D?Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 05:02:39 -0500 H?M?Message-Id: <200005011002.FAA06641@northfield.aocn.aurora.edu> HSubject: aocn.aurora.edu mailing list memberships reminder HFrom: mailman-owner@aocn.aurora.edu HTo: ceo@blackberrycomputers.com HX-No-Archive: yes HSender: chi-ptech-admin@aocn.aurora.edu HErrors-To: chi-ptech-admin@aocn.aurora.edu HX-BeenThere: chi-ptech@aocn.aurora.edu HX-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta1 HPrecedence: bulk HList-Id: List for discussion of technology in Chicago-area parochial schools. <c hi-ptech.aocn.aurora.edu> .
This person is not a member of chi-ptech, but is a member of a list called gacc-tech. The body of the message reflects the actual list membership, but I am confused as to why the header and errors-to info is set to the other list. As I said, this is true for all users for all of my lists. Is the point that the monthly reminder all originates from a legitimate admin address that is picked in some arbitrary way?
Thanks in advance, and sorry if this has been covered before.
--chris
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Christopher Kolar wrote:
It appears that the header info on the monthly reminder reflects that the traffic is originating from a single list on the server that the person is not subscribed to. Actually, the list chi-ptech is a small defunct list, but even my large mail lists have this information in their monthly header. Here is a sample that I snagged from my queue
This is from one a user of mine got...
Return-Path: <davis-admin@dogpound.vnet.net> Received: from dogpound.vnet.net (mailman@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dogpound.vnet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id FAA26196 for <wayned@dogpound.vnet.net>; Mon, 1 May 2000 05:00:31 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 05:00:31 -0400 Message-Id: <200005010900.FAA26196@dogpound.vnet.net> Subject: dogpound.vnet.net mailing list memberships reminder From: mailman-owner@dogpound.vnet.net To: wayned@dogpound.vnet.net X-No-Archive: yes Sender: davis-admin@dogpound.vnet.net Errors-To: davis-admin@dogpound.vnet.net X-BeenThere: davis@dogpound.vnet.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta3 Precedence: bulk List-Id: Davis Family Mailing List <davis.dogpound.vnet.net> Status:
And that list is infact the one a user is subscribed to.. Maybe this was fixed from beta1 -> beta3?
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On Fri, May 05, 2000 at 08:56:01AM -0500, Christopher Kolar wrote:
It appears that the header info on the monthly reminder reflects that the traffic is originating from a single list on the server that the person is not subscribed to. Actually, the list chi-ptech is a small defunct list, but even my large mail lists have this information in their monthly header. Here is a sample that I snagged from my queue
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Is the point that the monthly reminder all originates from a legitimate admin address that is picked in some arbitrary way?
Yes, that's exactly the point. The script responsible for sending the password reminders, cron/mailpasswds, specifically uses the first public list it finds to send all password reminders. I'm not entirely sure why this is done, except for some marginal performance issue. This does present a small bug though: when there is no public list, password reminders are simply not sent ;-P
mailpasswds should probably be rewritten to either use a list the user is on, or use a fake list... I'm not really sure which is best, considering people with mailfilters based on Sender and such.
-- Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net>
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