On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Ben Beuchler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have written my own vacation program to fit in with some unusual
> > configs we have here. My question is this: What other considerations
> > in designing a good vacation program have I not thought of? I know
> > there are all sorts of ways a poorly implemented vacation program can
> > cause all sorts of nasty loops.
>
> Be very, very careful to not reply to anything which might be mailing list
> mail. There's no truly universal way to detect it, but some heuristics
> have value. For instance, if any of the following are true, it's likely
> mailing list mail:
>
> -Contains a "Precedence: bulk" header
> -Contains a "Mailing-List:" header
> -Return-path: appears to be a qmail/ezmlm-style VERP
Good point. qmail-vacation does the first 2 checks already.
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Regards
Peter
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