thanks for noting this, my distribution script is run by fingers and has apparently been affected by a high work volume, but BTW, as far as I have noticed this should have affected only about 3 of the last 6 or 7 messages? regards, Bob On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Peter Selinger wrote:

Hi,

the last few days' worth of categories mailings have all arrived with the headers as follows:

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From cat-dist@mta.ca Thu Dec 20 12:16:57 2001 Return-Path: <cat-dist@mta.ca> Received: from notiid.mathstat.uottawa.ca (notiid.mathstat.uottawa.ca [137.122.4 9.36]) by quasar.mathstat.uottawa.ca (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBKHGv406349 for <selinger@quasar.mathstat.uottawa.ca>; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:16:57 -05 00 Received: from athens.cc.uottawa.ca (athens.cc.uottawa.ca [137.122.6.42]) by notiid.mathstat.uottawa.ca (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA16200; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:03:09 -0500 From: cat-dist@mta.ca Received: from mailserv.mta.ca (mailserv.mta.ca [138.73.101.5]) by UOttawa.CA (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA69304; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 12:17:09 -0500 Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16H6dp-0000XA-00 for categories-list@mta.ca; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:05:57 -0400 Message-Id: <E16H6dp-0000XA-00@mailserv.mta.ca> To: categories-list@mta.ca Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:05:57 -0400

=09by mailserv.mta.ca with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) =09id 16Ggx8-0002ur-00 =09for categories@mta.ca; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:40:10 -0400 0400 )) =09id 16Ggwt-0008Ci-00 =09for <categories@mta.ca>; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:39:55 +0100 Subject: categories: CFP: ICALP2002 From: icalp2002@lcc.uma.es To: categories@mta.ca Message-Id: <E16Ggwt-0008Ci-00@rigel.lcc.uma.es> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:39:55 +0100 Sender: cat-dist@mta.ca Precedence: bulk

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In particular, note the blank line within the headers, which prevents the correct sender or subject to be displayed. The sender shows up as "cat-dist@mta.ca" instead of "icalp2002@lcc.uma.es", and the subject is empty.

Likely your distribution script is broken.

Thanks, -- Peter