I don't mind doing the body scans, as I don't expect voluminous amounts
of traffic. I am concerned that a response generated by an autoreply
thing set up like mine will not match the *!^FROM_DAEMON, because it is
not a "bounce" in any real sense and a reply from an autoresponder will
strip out my X-Loop headers on a reply... Is this a real concern?
Seems to me two autoresponder accounts could easily reply to each other
for eternity, so I am sure there is some mechanism to watch for that, I
just want to confirm it and understand how it is prevented. With people
using inbox assistants, vacation programs, etc., this type of thing
seems bound to occur.
Thanks,
Richard Schramm
Internet Technical Analyst
The E.W. Scripps Co.
http://www.scripps.com/
mailto:rdschramm(_at_)scripps(_dot_)com
-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy J Luoma [SMTP:luomat(_at_)peak(_dot_)org]
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 1997 11:23 AM
To: procmail(_at_)Informatik(_dot_)RWTH-Aachen(_dot_)DE
Subject: Re: Newbie Question: AutoResponder to AutoResponder Loop?
Author: wwgrol(_at_)sparc01(_dot_)fw(_dot_)hac(_dot_)com (W.
Wesley Groleau x4923)
Original-Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 08:50:34 -0500
Message-ID: <199709111350(_dot_)IAA21722(_at_)sparc02(_dot_)>
What happened to me was that an autoresponse "bounced". The bounce
message still had the X-Loop, but it was not part of the header, since the
other guy adds a header and quotes the "bounced" message. I can also
check the body for my X-Loop to fix that. (Or does someone see a
potential problem with that?)
Did the bounce not match the FROM_DAEMON?
Ie you should have
* ! ^FROM_DAEMON
as one of the conditions for your recipe in deciding whether or not to reply.
Body scans are pretty heavy-duty, and you may not want the cost for every
message.
TjL