Hallo Raj, Op Sun, 4 Nov 2001 20:26:00 +0530GMT (that's 4-11-01, 15:56 +0100GMT where I live), you wrote:
RO>> There isn't any string specific for auto responders. R> Just a quick question then.... <g> R> What happens then if there are two accounts which have been R> configured to send autoresponders....... That depends. R> Do mails keep being auto responded ??? Two accounts can go on auto responding each others auto responses forever. Smart auto-responders check whether they have been sent to the address before, so they shouldn't go over and over again. Real smart users of auto responders take care that their auto responders aren't being sent to mailing lists and spammers. (The last thing you'd want is to tell a spammer that there's a real account behind the address that he's spamming.) For dumb auto responders it's very possible to send a message again and again to the same address. You asked: What if two auto responders.... But one auto responder is enough to wreak havoc to a mailing list. It gets a message from the list, sends a return message, gets that return message back from the list, sends a .... and so on. An important thing for auto responders is that you check for strings like "auto responder", "automatic reply", "your message" and that you don't send automatic replies to those addresses, but on a mailing list (like you stated in your first message) you've go to be more secure with messages you don't want to deliver to the subscribers, because strings like those are quite on topic on a list like TBUDL. -- Groetjes, Roelof -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
