Quoting Andreas Goesele ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > OK, I kind of understand, why I got this one: It came over the > list. But I got a bunch of messages to root (and some privileged user) > of sunbird.aimcomm.com which did not come over the list. How is this > possible?
Because the body of the (single) email looks like this: Unusual System Events =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Feb 1 04:58:15 sunbird uservd[19110]: call connected Feb 1 04:58:15 sunbird uservd/check[19109]: uservd[535] is running Feb 1 04:58:15 sunbird uservd[19110]: call connected Feb 1 04:58:15 sunbird uservd/check[19109]: uservd[535] is running From root Fri Feb 1 06:14:01 2002 <---------------------- Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) by .aimcomm.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) id GAA19224 for root; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:02:03 -0800 Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 06:02:03 -0800 From: root <root> etc. etc. where I put spaces to prevent your email client from splitting this quotation at the <----- line. AIUI something somewhere should have put a > in front of that "From". Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.