Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!columbia!topaz!root From: root@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU (Charles Root) Newsgroups: net.mail,net.mail.headers Subject: Re: Mail routing. Mail optimizing. Mail looping. mail breaking. Message-ID: <4078@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 17:52:21 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.4078 Posted: Fri Oct 18 17:52:21 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 21-Oct-85 04:51:00 EDT References: <3258@nsc.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 4 Keywords: arghhhh... Xref: linus net.mail:1211 net.mail.headers:470 One useful convention is that if a message is from mailer-daemon, and you get an error in trying to route it, just drop it on the floor. Don't try to generate another error. I would check the from field for mailer-daemon or MAILER-DAEMON anywhere in the address.