Hi Again Everyone,
Last week I posted a notice that the method of delivery of AMMRL email
messages to the list would change on 1 August, 2021. I posted a more
expansive description of the problem here:
http://www.ammrl.org/archives/July-2021/15.html
Basically, a lot of mail transport systems were interpreting our
messages as spam due to the presence of two "From:" lines in the header
of the email. To get around this I changed the script that sends the
messages to replace the second "From:" in the header (which is the
message originator's email name and address) to "Reply-To:". Now all
messaged from the list will appear to come from "AMMRL List" at
ammrlrev_at_webserver2.chem.hawaii.edu.
What does this mean?
As far as posting to the list there are no changes. It is very helpful
if you precede the topic in the subject like with "AMMRL:" so it looks
like this:
Subject: AMMRL: VT Problems
instead of this:
Subject: VT Problems
This helps me sort the list messages from spam. This is not automatic.
If you don't do this I have to edit it into the header. Folks use the
AMMRL: as a mail filter.
All messages from the list will be sent by AMMRL List with the address
above. The originator's address is in the Reply-To: line. Make sure that
you supply enough information in the body of the email so members can
identify the message's origin. If you have included some filters in your
email client you might have to modify those.
If you reply to a posting your comments will go back to the originator
and to the list. I will NOT be posting these replies (like "Subject: Re:
AMMRL VT Problems"). It is requested that the originator of the message
summarize the responses and post the summery to the list.
I've also modified the archiving scripts to accommodate this change. As
far as I can tell the archives should look and work the same. The
originator will appear as the author and the return address will be correct.
If you notice any problems please let me know. I've tested this and it
seems to work but one can't tell what will happen with a list of about
1,000 members.
Also, I want to again thank Mike Frey of JEOL and Clemens Anklin of
Bruker for pointing out the problem to me and to David Owen of Bruker
for doing some investigating and offering some suggestions.
Please contact me if you have questions or see problems.
Getting ready for the thirty "I'm on vacation" messages :-)
Walt
Received on Sun Aug 01 2021 - 11:10:40 MST