[plug] Why don't my messages get through?

[John Summerfield]

> 
> I change the From: field to blockley at atmos.murdoch.edu.au (which I am
> certain is the correct address) and again try to unsubscribe.  This
> time I get a message telling me that blockley at qnim.murdoch.edu.au
> is not a member of the list.  It looks like the address on my From:
> field is being filtered so that if I use the atmos address it is being
> changed to qnim if I use another address it is not being changed.  Is
> this filtering typical for aliased host names?


1 	It is invalid to mail to an alias: what your administrator SHOULD do is 
put an A record (not a cname) for atmos.
2	It is entirely likely that the murdoch.edu.au sendmail (or equivalent) 
has been configured to rewrite email addresses as you surmise. Mine at 
home does because ypou folk can't write to me at emu.os2.ami.com.au which 
is where  my mail goes.

> 
> I finally tried 
> 
> unsubscribe plug blockley at atmos.murdoch.edu.au
> 
> This at least got as far as telling me that I was trying to unsubscribe
> from a different address than which I originally subscribed and that my
> message was being forwarded to the list maintainer for him to decide
> whether I can unsubscribe.

Over to Gary....

I'm a bit surprised the list doesn't unsubscribe addresses that bounce.



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