[Mailman-Users] Case-Sensitivity Problem?

[Ryan Steele]

Mark Sapiro wrote:
> Ryan Steele wrote:
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>   
>> I think I've actually identified the problem. 
>>     
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> I don't think so.
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>   
>> Here is an excerpt from the mail header:
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>>> Received: from FOO at aol.com
>>>         by imo-m26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.6.) id e.cef.43ab224 (57293);
>>>         Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:41:44 -0500 (EST)
>>> From: FOO at aol.com
>>> Message-ID: <cef.43ab224.32b16b26 at aol.com>
>>> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:41:42 EST
>>>       
>> And here is a message from Mailman's bounce log:
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>>> Dec 13 09:42:38 2006 (2202) bounce message w/no discernable addresses: 
>>>       
>> <cef.43ab224.32b16b26 at aol.com>
>>     
>>> Dec 13 09:42:38 2006 (2202) forwarding unrecognized, message-id: 
>>>       
>> <cef.43ab224.32b16b26 at aol.com>
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>> For whatever reason, Mailman treated the message-id that AOL gave it as 
>> the sender address...thus causing the "Uncaught bounce notification" 
>> error.   The actual bounce occurred because it was sent for moderator 
>> approval due to the large number of recipients:
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> No. The 'bounce' occurred because one of the recipients was the
> Igcpgrads-bounces address.
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The original recipients list did not include the Igcpgrads-bounces 
address; I can confirm this.
>>> vette:Dec 13 09:38:51 2006 (2204) Igcpgrads post from foo at aol.com 
>>>       
>> held, message-id=<cce.5a1853c.3
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>>> 2b16a2d at aol.com>: Too many recipients to the message
>>>       
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> And the message was held because the number of explicit addresses in
> To: and Cc: of the message was greater than or equal to Privacy
> options...->Recipient filters->max_num_recipients.
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>   
Yes, I realize this.  But, there's no reason for the log to indicate 
that <cef.43ab224.32b16b26 at aol.com>
was being considered as an indiscernable address.  It ought to have been 
able to extrapolate the real AOL address of the sender, don't you think?

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