> > Everyone who post gets this autoreply.
>
> So what do the rest of you do?  Ignore it?

I for one do ignore it. :-)

> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > These people are not spoofing your domain, they set a "From:" header
> > with no "@domain".  Many MTAs append the local domain in this case.
> > Maybe it's because they use a German umlaut in the "From:" string.
>
> That's not a valid email address either, which is still wrong.

You're right, it's wrong.  But I didn't say it was right, right?

> > Judging from the word "Irrl?ufer", someone at their site has subscribed
> > to zfs-discuss but does not exist there any more.
>
> Then they should send back a message pointing out that the user is not longer
> there, not just send the whole message back.

Preaching to the choir...

> > > Received: from mail01.csw-datensysteme.de ([62.153.225.98])
> > It seems to be a German company (not too far away from me, too. :-)
>
> Hmmmm, are you for hire?  Maybe you could take a trip out there and deliver
> some clue. ;)

I am, and I could, but my clue-bat's on loan to a Windows guy. :-)))

> > > > X-Mailer: DvISE by Tobit Software, Germany (0241.444A46454D464F4D4E50),
> >
> > As you can see, they use a commercial mail appliance.  It's probably
> > just misconfigured.
>
> Email appliances and Exchange servers are the bane of the internet.

Amen!

> If they had sent some sort of "this user is no longer here" message or some 
> such I
> would have been less likely to get all jumpy about it.

Certainly!  See above, look for "choir".

>  I'll redirect my misguided
> anger at yet another poorly managed mail server at the poor sods who admin it.

Fair enough.


Regards -- Volker
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