From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/18514 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matt Armstrong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Changing Return-Path Date: 11 Nov 1998 10:14:52 -0800 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035157024 6549 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:37:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:37:04 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from karazm.math.uh.edu (karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.1]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA03416 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:30:09 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by karazm.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAB20805; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:29:46 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:29:39 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [209.195.19.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA12341 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 12:29:30 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from CAraptorUU.geoworks.com (CAraptorUU.geoworks.com [208.232.87.36]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA03391 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:29:24 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from maelstrom.geoworks.com by CAraptorUU.geoworks.com via smtpd (for sclp3.sclp.com [209.195.19.139]) with SMTP; 11 Nov 1998 18:28:53 UT Original-Received: from quark.geoworks.com (quark.geoworks.com [198.211.201.100]) by maelstrom.geoworks.com (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA10717 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:28:46 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ultraman.geoworks.com ([198.211.201.179]) by quark.geoworks.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA00342; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 10:28:44 -0800 (PST) Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: Anders Melchiorsen's message of "11 Nov 1998 12:48:38 +0100" Original-Lines: 31 User-Agent: Gnus/5.070042 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.42) Emacs/20.3 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:18514 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:18514 Anders Melchiorsen writes: > Matt Armstrong writes: > > > Anders Melchiorsen writes: > > > > > I have a mailing list that tells me I cannot post unless I change my > > > Return-Path to be equal to the address I am receiving the list to. > > > > It's a closed mailing list. I assume by Return-Path they really mean > > the From: header. > > They really do mean the Return-Path: header. They bounce mail if it > does not equal the adress I am subscribed with. That's pretty strict. > What I was wondering was whether the Return-Path: should be my > e-mail address or the account I am posting from (which is > unreachable due to a firewall). The Return-Path: is not set by Gnus, but by sendmail (or whatever MTA is in use). If it isn't a valid e-mail address, then it is a problem with the MTA. But this also means you can't really get around your problem. -- matta