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Re: Vacation bombs

2002-10-15 13:17:48
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Fred Morris wrote:

FM>
FM> In a lot of cases no loop detection is used by the autoresponder;

This is true.

FM> in a lot of cases the autoresponder also removes the headers that the
FM> other autoresponder/forwarder uses.

So is this but there could be reasons.  I do keep in other X-loops.  I did
once try to keep in someone's custom loop header but when I sent a
response back that included their loop header, instead of killing the
loop, they responded with a message telling me there was a loop!


FM>
FM> Some people/lists use counters, and kill messages meeting certain
FM> criteria when incidence exceeds a threshold in a period of time. That,
FM> too, has it's drawbacks...

I keep a list of addresses that my autoresponder has responded to so that
it won't respond to the same address until the list is wiped out -
currently during the small hours each day



Alan

( Please do not email me AS WELL as replying to the list. Personal
  email is welcome but may invoke a password autoresponder. )


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