I suggest not using the DBMail implimentation, as Doug pointed out, it's broken, and you will have less of a headache cooking up your own script. IF you do want to try and get it working, keep in mind there's no mail loop protection to my knowledge. Also, more specifically to your questions:
I believe you attach an auto-reply to a user, not an address. All addresses corresponding to this user will then be affected. That's what it seems like without digging in the code. It is not case sensitive. Or at least shouldn't be considering how the database works, and how email addresses are handled. If you patch the code to fix the mail loop issue, and get this working, post the patch as I'm sure many others would love to use it. -Micah On Monday 01 November 2004 07:27 am, Simon Lange wrote: > its not been said many times. all i found was that many times ppl asked > how it works or havin problems with it. also the "documentation" does > not sayin that its workin nor that its not workin. just no words about > auto reply. but the mysql scripts do install the auto_replies table so > admins may think that its a working part of dbmail... ;) > > however, its working here too but the fact that sort.c never finds an > address (parsed from from or reply-to field). so the - for me important > - question is: > where must be the form or reply-to field. in the original mail TO the > address which has autoreplies enabled? > or in the body field of the database table? > must the form or reply-to have sum special kind of syntax?! > is it caseSenSitive? > > im asking since dbmail just gets the mailbody from database but fails > then to parse/recognize an address where it can send to, and stops. > > so any help would be great... > > Simon > > Doug Stanley wrote: > > Actually, the autoreplies implementation is broken. It's been said > > many many times on this list NOT to use the dbmail implementation. > > Most people who NEED it make their own implementation. I mysql > > whipped up a short python script and added a new table for handling > > them. If you want to go that route, I'm sure theres plenty of people > > on this list that could give you examples of what they did. > > > > Doug > > > > Simon Lange wrote: > >> anyone?! > >> > >> this is essential... its not covered by any existing howto readme - > >> any documentation. > >> since its existing in dbmail and sum use it it would be very helpfull > >> if sumone answers and gives a hint. > >> > >> however, best would be to include into the documentation of dbmail... ;) > >> > >> anyone?! > >> > >> Simon > >> > >> Simon Lange wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> i have insert an auto reply row into the dbmail_auto_replies table. > >>> dbmail-lmtpd does state that its working so far. > >>> BUT > >>> it pipe.c never finds a from or reply-to field so it stops in the > >>> middle saying it has not found any address. > >>> > >>> so the question is: > >>> where must that field be?! in the AUTO_REPLY body (in the row)? > >>> if so, what exactly syntax i have to ensure? > >>> > >>> has it to be served by the incoming mail? > >>> if so, why does pipe.c acutally not detect it (Its caseSensitive > >>> From: or Reply-To: but THAT depends on the used email-client!) > >>> > >>> best regards > >>> > >>> Simon > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Dbmail mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Dbmail mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Dbmail mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail
