[Mailman-Users] REPLY-TO oddity

Ryan McLean ghent at starshadow.com
Fri Apr 9 00:33:27 CEST 1999


CNAME's and mail server do NOT mix :)  I suggest you remove the CNAME and
replace it with a real A record.  Most MTA's deny CNAME's and go with the
resolved hostname.

 - Ryan

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On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Marc L. Allen wrote:

> I'm using 1.0B10 and I've noticed the following:
> 
> I've created a CNAME in my DNS to point maillist.x.y.z to machine
> x.y.z.  I've also setup Mailman to use maillist.x.y.z as it's address
> and URL.
> 
> When I set a list up to have replies go to the list, the REPLY-TO: field
> of the message is list at x.y.z instead of the expected list at maillist.x.y.z
> 
> Any quick fixes?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marc
> 
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