Re: [Exim] return_path in autoreply

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Author: David Woodhouse
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To: Marilyn Davis
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] return_path in autoreply
On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 12:30 -0700, Marilyn Davis wrote:
> Hello Experts,
>
> The autoreply driver, by default, sends <> for the envelope sender. Is
> there any way to get it to put in an address? I'd like to know if the
> autoreply bounces.


I sincerely hope not. To send an autoreply with a non-empty reverse-path
of its own would be extremely dangerous. If I ever detect such a thing I
report it to the network provider's abuse contact as an attempted denial
of service attack -- it's a mail loop waiting to happen.

Don't do this.

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dwmw2