I wrote--
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! admin(_at_)crossroads(_dot_)net
Here's the rub: When I send something to my own list, the listserver then
tries to send me a copy (since I am a listmember). But in response to list
traffic, the recipe shown above seems to match on the *sender*, creating a
mail loop. This is relatively benign--the listserver does not try to
Then Sean B. Straw wrote--
Are you sure it isn't matching on the original To: from the original
message, or is the address list rewritten? In normal list serving
situations, the recipients are recieving the message with it "To: list".
If you're forwarding messages that are addressed to a list, and recieving
those same messages again, then of course you're going to be forwarding the
messages when you see them again.
Sound of hand slapping forhead (in my profession, we call that "the
translator's salute"). As it happens, the list messages are "from" me and
"to" the list address.
Thanks for pointing out what should be obvious. I think I can get going on
the right track now. Thanks also for the specific recipe pointers. I may
implement the one that checks for a loop, or I may change the headers the
list server generates (I have some flexibility there).
I wrote--
using the latest version of procmail, so this should be OK), and I have not
Sean wrote--
"the latest version" is not an accurrate technical statement. Provide an
actual version number for reference. run 'procmail -v' to get the version.
The latest version I found a reference to is 3.11pre7. That's the version I
found running at my hosting service.
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