Re: [Exim] Cascading Autoresponder Loops

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Author: Exim Users Mailing List
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To: David Woodhouse
CC: Benjamin Young, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Cascading Autoresponder Loops
[ On Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 11:51:48 (+0100), David Woodhouse wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [Exim] Cascading Autoresponder Loops
>
> The autoresponder should be giving you responses with error message status
> (i.e. MAIL FROM:<>). You should never send an autoresponse to error messages.


No, that's not exactly right. Do not confuse bounces with other kinds
of automatically generated responses. There are many ways to prevent
loops in the latter scenario without getting confused over the former.

The de facto standard is to use the "Precedence:" header ala "vacation".

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