At 15:15 2002-12-13 -0800, Doug Hubbell did say:
In my procmailrc file I have this and it does NOT work correctly:
:0 c
* ^From(_dot_)*nameONE(_at_)tecategroup(_dot_)com
! nameTWO(_at_)tecategroup(_dot_)com
You really shouldn't forward without adding a loop detection mechanism.
It'd also help if you explained the relationship between the addresses used
in the recipe and the account(s) through which the mail is passing (the
original copy, and the copy which you're forwarding).
The problem with the above, is it exceeds the hop count as it repeatedly
gets caught. When its all said and done it sends
"nameTWO(_at_)tecategroup(_dot_)com" about 12 messages and then EXCEEDS the hop
count.
Please clarify: are these being handled within the same domain host, or
within the same USER ACCOUNT? Many people with inexpensive hosted domains
have wildcard email addresses within that domain which all get handled on
one account - so if you forward to "nameTWO" it's going to arrive at the
same user account - where it will be seen again, and that constitutes a
delivery loop.
How can I get this to check JUST once, and forward the message in the
SAME DOMAIN with out getting caught in a loop?
If the addresses are in separate accounts, you shouldn't have a problem
forwarding to another account in the same domain.
BTW, if I use the same recipe above, and direct it outside of my
internal domain, it works!
Example...this works fine:
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* ^From(_dot_)*nameONE(_at_)tecategroup(_dot_)com
! anothername(_at_)OUTSIDEOFMYDOMAIN(_dot_)com
Because this other account isn't being handled by the same account on your
server, and thus the message isn't reappearing there to be handled again.
Forwarding in this fashion doesn't change the From: line, which your
condition will match (in addition to the From_). If you want to
differentiate between the sender and the message author, you should either
include a space or a colon immediatley after "From".
The following would add some protection against forwarding a message which
_you_ forwarded in the first place:
:0c
* ! ^X-Loop: youraccount(_at_)yourdomain\(_dot_)tld
* ^From(_dot_)*nameONE(_at_)tecategroup\(_dot_)com
| formail -A"X-Loop: youraccount(_at_)yourdomain(_dot_)tld" | $SENDMAIL
nameTWO(_at_)tecategroup(_dot_)com
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Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering
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