Re: SMTP - Normal Mail vs. List Server-repost

Bear,

All of these are possible.  Do you have an example of the Message that was
sent as the bounce?

--Eric


on 1/31/03 8:45 AM, Bear Weiter at posessed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm reposting this message since I didn't see any answers - maybe someone
> has some thoughts or ideas on this?
> 
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> 
> On a couple of lists that I'm running, I notice that there's 3 or 4 people
> who are bouncing the digests that are sent to them, but if I personally
> email them, the mail goes through to them just fine. Is there a difference
> in how the mail is getting sent?
> 
> I'm thinking that there's a few options:
> 
> 1. The list's email address's domain is different than what I use to send
> out - lists.postphase.com vs. mail.wombatinteractive.com, and that other
> servers doing reverse look ups see that the address doesn't match up with
> the host name of the computer (which is mail.wombatinteractive.com).
> 
> 2. Something in the source is triggering a bounce, possibly some kind of
> spam filtering on the receiving end.
> 
> 3. The list server when sending mail isn't as aggressive in looking up
> domains, and is more willing to give up when it first can't find something.
> 
> Any other thoughts, or actual known issues?
> 
> --Bear
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