[Mailman-Users] Changing the "<listname>-bounces" address

[Mark Sapiro]

Brad Knowles wrote:

>on 3/20/09 12:30 PM, David Eisner said:
>
>> So I've been asked to change this somehow.  Would it be possible to
>> change the bounce address used for Sender: from
>> "foo-bounces at domain.org" to "foo-noreply at domain.org" or something
>> similar? I've looked through the configuration settings for the list
>> but don't see where this would be changed.  Is it hard-coded?
>
>Yes, it's hard-coded.
>
>> P.S.  I think this would be less of an issue for the PHB if the
>> Outlook GUI made the "Sender" header less prominent than the "From"
>> header (as Thunderbird, and Google do, e.g.) in the message display.
>
>FAQ 2.3 at <http://wiki.list.org/pages/viewinfo.action?pageId=4030534> 
>makes this point very clear.  We are doing things the correct way, the 
>problem is that Microsoft is screwing things up.  There's no way we can 
>force Microsoft to do things correctly, so unless you want to modify the 
>source code then this is just something that you have to live with.


For Mailman 2.2, I am considering changing the Sender: header from the
LIST-bounces address to the LIST posting address. As discussed in the
FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/RoA9>, I think this is in the spirit of
RFC2822/RFC5322.

However, I am nervous about this. There are potential problems with
non-compliant/brain-dead software that might inappropriately direct
bounces or out of office/vacation messages to the Sender: where they
might end up on the list.

I think that bounces aren't of great concern as I think there are few
MTAs that return bounces to other than the envelope sender, and even
if an MTA returns a bounce to Sender: it likely won't be From: a list
member.

I'm more concerned about out of office/vacation messages.

I would like to hear from anyone who as actually made this change
(putting the list posting address in Sender:). If you have done this,
do you notice an increase in these kinds of messages reaching the list.

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