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Date:      Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:47:21 -0500
From:      "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, dennis@bbn.com, chat@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: verify taht bulk_mailer 
Message-ID:  <13999.880559241@orion.webspan.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Nov 1997 08:38:32 MST." <199711261538.IAA02642@mt.sri.com> 

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Nate Williams wrote in message ID
<199711261538.IAA02642@mt.sri.com>:
> > > And losing the X-Loop: header. I was wondering how this was getting
> > > through my filters...
> > 
> > 	fie!  dont be case sensitive.
> > 	i inadvertently chaged from "X-Loop: FreeBSD.org"
> > 	to "X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG"  ;)
> 
> X-Loop?  Can someone explain a bit more what that's about?

X-Loop: was a header originally put in place to stop people that don't
understand the majordomo syntax subscribing one mailing list to the
other and getting mail loops (hence the name). Majordomo won't resend
messages received with an X-Loop header in them.

Gary
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Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info



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