[Mailman-Users] log message

[Matthew Davis]

* sean pambianco (delilah at seyyav.pair.com) wrote:
> What does this log messages mean:
> 
> Dec 11 09:04:04 2002 (82700) Photonians post from XXXXXXXX at cusat.ac.in
> held: Message has implicit destination
> Dec 12 00:24:00 2002 (96856) Photonians post from XXXXXXXX at cusat.ac.in
> held: Message has implicit destination
>         From: XXXXXXXXX at cusat.ac.in

Looks like you have require_explicit_destination turned on and the message is getting trapped by that.

(From the help)

require_explicit_destination (privacy): Must posts have list named in destination (to, cc) field (or be among the acceptable alias names, specified below)?

Many (in fact, most) spams do not explicitly name their myriad destinations in the explicit destination addresses - in fact, often the to field has a totally bogus address for obfuscation. The constraint applies only to the stuff in the address before the '@' sign, but still catches all such spams.

The cost is that the list will not accept unhindered any postings relayed from other addresses, unless

   1. The relaying address has the same name, or
   2. The relaying address name is included on the options that specifies acceptable aliases for the list. 

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| Friday, December 13, 2002 / 09:06AM      |
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