[Mailman-Users] Sender Field - was: (no subject)

[Mark Sapiro]

Everett Johnson wrote:

>Why is it normal for a bounce processor to be the sender when there are 
>no bounces?  This confuses some list members.

It is done because there are/used to be non-compliant MTAs that would
return bounces to the Sender: instead of the envelope sender. There
was an extensive discussion of this last month beginning at
<http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2006-April/050695.html>.

Also see the FAQ on this at
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq02.003.htp>.

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