Noel: Thank you.
>The envelope sender where delivery problems are reported can >be different from the From: header displayed in most email >clients, which can also be different from the Reply-To: header >where most mail clients will send if you hit the "Reply" button. > >You mustn't block the mail list's envelope sender address; you >must be able to receive non-delivery notifications. >There's nothing wrong with rejecting incoming mail addressed >to the mail list "From:" address for an announce-only list. I believe I understand and that was exactly what I was setting up, I think. This is what I had setup to do: The original message is actually sent from maill...@mydomain.com. The envelope sender as I understand it. I NEED to know when a announcement message bounces, because that is how I maintain the list manually, and remove any invalid entries. When they bounce, I know they are bad, or I can decide if they've had too many "mailbox full" replies, etc. and I then I remove the bounced address from the distribution list. So I have not blocked the envelope sender. For announcements I send, I have the "Reply to" set to a different, but similar address which is: maillist_nore...@mydomain.com (still trying to get their attention to not reply to the address). This is the address I have blocked in my new access table. So, if they click on "reply" in their client, the reply message should be sent to maillist_nore...@mydomain.com. My end accepts it (through spam filters), but then rejects the address with my custom reject message via my new access table with: maillist_nore...@mydomain.com 550 Do not reply to this address, instead do this..... I did not add all that detail in my original post to avoid confusing my original question. Thanks for the detailed reply and helping me be sure I wasn't doing something wrong/improper. Best, Scott
