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Subject: Re: AOL mailbox limit, hig volume lists in general
From: Paul Graham <pjg @ acsu . buffalo . EDU>
Date: 04 Feb 1997 14:14:18 -0500
To: list-managers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: Mike Nolan's message of Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:24:29 -0600 (CST)
References: <199702041524.JAA19837@celery.tssi.com>

ezmlm (and listserv) can generate per recipient SMTP RCPT strings.  it
depends on a transport which can deal with wildcard address on incoming
mail (qmail and lsmtp can).  most transport systems will do the right thing
and return the bounce to the magic-cookie address but some gateways are
notorious for doing the wrong thing.

the bounce address will then tell you where it came from.  e.g.

RCPT TO:<djb-qmail-owner-pjg=acsu.Buffalo.EDU@koobera.math.uic.edu>

the thing that answers djb-qmail-owner mail gets pjg=acsu.Buffalo.EDU as an
argument.  i wanted to use a listserv one because they're even more
baroque but i don't have one handy.

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Nolan <nolan@celery.tssi.com> writes:
    Mike> Which depends on all MTA's and MUA's that handle the message
    Mike> sending back decipherable bounce messages that uniquely identify
    Mike> both the message and the intended receiver.

-- 
 paul
    pjg@acsu.Buffalo.EDU    |public keys at:
                            |     http://urth.acsu.Buffalo.EDU/~pjg/key.html
    if the above contains opinions they are mine unless marked otherwise.


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