Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!lasso.UUCP!ralph From: ralph@lasso.UUCP (Ralph P. Sobek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: BITNET redistributions and USENET Gateways (or Why I Hate BITNET) Message-ID: <8802051034.AA00487@lasso.laas.fr> Date: 5 Feb 88 10:34:12 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 17 Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that in RFC 822 (I don't have a copy at hand) it states that the error returns will go to the "Return-Path: " header. So, wouldn't a field such as Return-Path: alleviate the problem of errors being rebroadcast over the network? Maybe, BITNET can't handle such headers; otherwise I would suggest that the return path on BITNET would point to the Redistribution Manager on BITNET. Ralph P. Sobek | UUCP: uunet!mcvax!inria!lasso!ralph, or | ralph@lasso.uucp LAAS-CNRS | Internet: ralph@lasso.laas.fr, or 7, avenue du Colonel-Roche | ralph%lasso.laas.fr@uunet.UU.NET F-31077 Toulouse Cedex, FRANCE | ARPA: sobek@shadow.Berkeley.EDU (forwarded\ +(33) 61-33-62-66 | BITNET/EARN: SOBEK@FRMOP11 \ to UUCP ) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =