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1997-12-19 23:01:41
Hi,
        I jave just subscribed to a mailing list.  Unfortunately, most of
the users are VERY novice, so the list admin has decided to header munge
to make things idiot proof.
        On three separate occasions now, someone from hotmail has
triggered a response to the LIST, as opposed to the individual.  How do I
fix this?  I suppose that I could just pass stuff from this list, but I'm
looking for a more general solution.

The Recipe:

# this is a script that mails back a "go away" letter  
# from domains on my bad list,
:0ch
* !^X-Loop: msaroff(_at_)pca\(_dot_)net
* ? (formail -xFrom:) | fgrep -i -f $SPAMLIST
| (formail -r \
-A "X-Loop: msaroff(_at_)pca(_dot_)net" \
-A "Precedence: junk"; \
echo "     On the basis of previous mail that I have received from your";\
echo "domain, I have put the entire domain on my spammer list.  It seems";\
echo "that your sysop is not dealing with spam.  As such, I have set up my";\
echo "filters so that I'll never see your message.";\
echo "     Please note: I charge 500 US Dollars to proofread unsolicited";\
echo "commercial email, and responding to this message with any sort";\
echo "of advertisement or business solicitation constitutes acceptance ";\
echo "of these terms. ";\
echo "     If you feel that my filter is not appropriate, send me an email";\
echo "with the phrase 'I agree to pay 500.00 US Dollars' in the subject,";\
echo "and I will review the situation. ";\
echo "     Depending on the circumstances, I can take just you, or your";\
echo "entire domain off the list. ";\
echo " ";\
echo "--Matthew G. Saroff ";\
echo " ";\
echo "Your Message:";\
echo "---------- Forwarded message ----------";\
echo " ";\
echo "$MESSAGE";) | $SENDMAIL -t -oi

=====typical headers from the mailing list=====
Return-Path: owner-elfsea(_at_)Ansteorra(_dot_)ORG
Received: from growl.pobox.com (growl.pobox.com [208.210.124.27]) by 
pcans1.pca.net (8.8.3/8.6.9) with ESMTP id AAA06516 for 
<msaroff(_at_)pca(_dot_)net>; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 00:05:11 -0600
Received: from bastion.globeset.com 
(majordom(_at_)bastion(_dot_)globeset(_dot_)com [207.239.133.66])
        by growl.pobox.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA30006
        for <msaroff(_at_)pobox(_dot_)com>; Sat, 20 Dec 1997 00:01:33 -0500 
(EST)
Received: (from majordom(_at_)localhost)
        by bastion.globeset.com (8.8.5/8.8.7) id WAA03284
        for elfsea-outgoing; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:58:09 -0600
Received: from endeavor.flash.net (endeavor.flash.net [209.30.0.40])
        by bastion.globeset.com (8.8.5/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA03281
        for <elfsea(_at_)Ansteorra(_dot_)ORG>; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:58:08 -0600
Received: from PC_zarazina.flash.net (fwasc10-251.flash.net [209.30.15.251])
        by endeavor.flash.net (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA23474
        for <elfsea(_at_)Ansteorra(_dot_)ORG>; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:58:03 -0600 
(CST)
Message-ID: 
<MAPI(_dot_)Id(_dot_)0016(_dot_)006172617a696e613030303830303038(_at_)MAPI(_dot_)to(_dot_)RFC822>
In-Reply-To: <199712200525(_dot_)XAA05569(_at_)pcans1(_dot_)pca(_dot_)net>
References: Conversation 
<19971220041730(_dot_)1051(_dot_)qmail(_at_)hotmail(_dot_)com> with last 
message <199712200525(_dot_)XAA05569(_at_)pcans1(_dot_)pca(_dot_)net>
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Priority: 3
To: elfsea(_at_)Ansteorra(_dot_)ORG
MIME-Version: 1.0
From: "Vicki Marsh" <XXXXXXXX(_at_)flash(_dot_)net>
Subject: Re: ES - Party Saturday Night
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 97 23:16:06 PST
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; X-MAPIextension=".TXT"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by bastion.globeset.com id 
WAA03282
Sender: owner-elfsea(_at_)Ansteorra(_dot_)ORG
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: elfsea(_at_)Ansteorra(_dot_)ORG

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