Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!elbereth.rutgers.edu!hardees.rutgers.edu!patterso From: patterso@hardees.rutgers.edu (Ross Patterson) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: Re: BSMTP problem with UREP 3.2 Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 88 23:37:50 GMT References: <8804211947.AA10142@jade.berkeley.edu> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 13 Leonid, The failing BSMTP command appears to be the "MAIL FROM:<>" command, which is hardly gratuitous. It is persfectly reasonable SMTP as well as BSMTP, and means "Under no circumstances are you to attempt to reply to this mail. Should you find an error, simply drop the mail without comment." It is also well known that some mailers (including, I belive, the Crosswell) don't like this form. Someone from the Weizmann Institute posted a fix for the Crosswell code to the XMAILER list some time ago, perhaps UREP needs a similar fix? Ross Patterson Rutgers University