Thanks, Pratik. That is very interesting. evan, I'm glad you asked the question. Cindy --- Pratik patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Technically when you send a message to > BKSVOL-DISCUSS, you are not sending a > message to the person who is responding to the > message but to the whole > list. I think you already understand that. But, > what happens is that when > you send a message, the mailing list takes the > message (or anyone's message) > and distributes it to the entire list of > subscribers. Your e-mail program > is often intelligent enough to parse the "on behalf > of" part from the "from" > address and present it as if the message came from > the person who sent it. > In actuality the message is coming from > bksvol-discuss list. And the > mailing address for that list happens to be > bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The term > bounce is often used by > mailing lists to denote distribution. A bit of > programmer humor! > > Hope this helps. > > Pratik > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Cindy > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:18 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: What's This > Address? > > Interesting. I don't think I've seen that with the > "bounce," but maybe I haven't noticed. I have seen > it, > I think, when the response is from John or Gustavo > or > someone from bookshare in response to a question > raised--obviously not about the first-in-first > out--frustrated grin. > > Cindy > > --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Sometimes when someone responds to a message of > > mine, I don't see my email address as the sender, > > but instead see: > > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Evan Reese > > > > What is that about. Usually the word "bounce" is > > used to refer to messages that are not delivered > for > > some reason. Clearly that is not the case here. > > > > Another "just wondering" thing. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.