Dave C. rearranged electrons thusly:
> Any automatically-generated mail (especially generated in response to
> receipt of a message, regardless of wether its an nondelivery report or
> anything else) should always use <> as the envelope sender to prevent
> mail-loops (eg, the classic 'dueling autoresponders' situation)
There are other ways to prevent mail loops - such as the addition of an X-Loop
header (or GNU/Mailman's X-Been-There)
Not always the case that autoresponders are sent out with MAIL FROM:<>
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Suresh Ramasubramanian <--> mallet <at> efn <dot> org
EMail Sturmbannfuhrer, Lower Middle Class Unix Sysadmin
