Recipient Address in body or header?
Does anyone know if it is possible to get smartlist to include in the body of the message (or as an additional header) the actual address from the dist file that each message is sent to? Frequently messages to my list bounce back to me from forwarded accounts which have expired, and I can't track down the bad address in my dist file. If I could see the original address as part of the bounced message it would make life much easier. +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | Barry Trent Madness takes its toll -- have exact | | Triticom change ready! | | Box 46427 | | Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (The usual disclaimers apply) | +-------------------------------------------------------------+
On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 09:44:06AM -0600, Barry A. Trent wrote:
Does anyone know if it is possible to get smartlist to include in the body of the message (or as an additional header) the actual address from the dist file that each message is sent to?
No. Because smartlist deliberately sends out as few copies of the message as possible, to multiple recipients. Check the list archives for "probe scripts" which can be used to test addresses, though. Roger
FAQ: "7.5: Can SmartList send individualized messages to each list recipient?" http://www.hartzler.net/smartlist/SmartList-FAQ.html#Section_7.5 "2.18: How to track bounces from addresses not on list?" http://www.hartzler.net/smartlist/SmartList-FAQ.html#Section_2.18 -ph On Tue, 26 Feb 2002, Barry A. Trent wrote:
Does anyone know if it is possible to get smartlist to include in the body of the message (or as an additional header) the actual address from the dist file that each message is sent to?
Frequently messages to my list bounce back to me from forwarded accounts which have expired, and I can't track down the bad address in my dist file. If I could see the original address as part of the bounced message it would make life much easier.
At 10:44 AM -0500 2/26/02, Barry A. Trent is rumored to have typed:
Does anyone know if it is possible to get smartlist to include in the body of the message (or as an additional header) the actual address from the dist file that each message is sent to?
It is NOT possible. To understand why, you need to understand how the mail is sent (briefly, one copy is passed to sendmail with bunches of addresses, instead of a seperate copy sent to each address, therefore it's impossible ).
Frequently messages to my list bounce back to me from forwarded accounts which have expired, and I can't track down the bad address in my dist file. If I could see the original address as part of the bounced message it would make life much easier.
This is the purpose for the "probe" message. This list unfortunately doesn't have searchable archives, but this topic has been discussed _many_ times before (is this part of the FAQ?); it is necessary to find or write a probe routine which sends a unique message to each address in your dist list, preferably with both a unique header field _and_ an identifier high in the message body (since bounce mailers don't all send all of, or the same parts of, a bounced message). Charlie
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