On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 rdicaire(_at_)ardynet(_dot_)com wrote:
{
:0 fhwc
| (formail -r -I"Precedence: virus alert" ; \
echo " On behalf of ${GOTCHA} This mail server does accept
... wow -- PLEASE do not turn this loose without detection of
mailing list and mailer management tools, and without loop
detection (perhaps through a subject mangle, so that it is not
stripped off) -- it will set up a massive autorespond into
mailing lists which have a virus transit them .,. The HP Admin
list had this rinnging for a day (several hundred pieces)
between a virus scanner and a majordomo just so misconfigured
within the last couple of months.
Please consider adding a drop or ignore condition when the
sender contains any of the following:
* ^List-id
* ^X-Mailman-Version
* ^X-BeenThere
* ^Precedence.*bulk
and the conventional:
* `^FROM_DAEMON
* `^FROM_MAILER
mentioned in man procmailrc
Use formail to insert a bulk Precedence -- and a non-looping
Reply-to -- and a non-looping From -- whatever -- to avoid
that trap.
-- Russ herrold
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