Re: [AMC-List] T5 comments (hard time posting)

[<francis.swygert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When you post from the AMX-Files web site it does not always go through
immediately. This has to do both with Mailman's (the new software)
security features and the way Jim manipulates the addresses so that they
pass through as from the sender and not the AMX-Files. There is some
address manipulation that goes on as a message traverses the internet
that changes things by the time it gets to the list server. Remember,
although the Internet seems seamless, it isn't! Your message gets passed
through many servers before it reaches its destination, and all add
something to the address header. So some messages end up getting held in
a que because the address doesn't look right until Tom or I release
them. We try to do this daily, but don't always have time. Sometimes
it's 2-3 days before the message is released, though that has been rare.


One thing is certain -- if you post from your e-mail program the message
will go through in a short time 99% of the time. As I said, the problem
has to do with the way the AMX-Files manipulates the addresses. If we
dropped half Mailman's security features messages would go through all
the time, but then we'd have a lot of SPAM and other unwanted messages
coming through as well. That would clutter the list and increase our
workload trying to keep the list safe, so that's not going to happen! 


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Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 08:12 PM
From: Jim Boone <fljab@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
I've been having a heck of a time posting from the website with nothing
getting through unless I email Frank first and have him do it for me.
I'm
trying a different way this time, hopefully will work...


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