Re: [exim] Autoresponder limit not working correctly

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Author: Phil Pennock
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To: Marten Lehmann
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Autoresponder limit not working correctly
On 2009-10-14 at 18:17 +0200, Marten Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> we are using an autoreply transport with exim 4.69 and according to our
> configuration:
>
>    once = /vrmd/mailin/spool/once.db
>    once_repeat = 1d

>
> there should be only one autoresponse per sender address and day. But we
> recently had the case, that two autoresponders where sending more than
> 100.000 messages to each other each day. So obviously, the limit didn't
> work. How does exim know which address to use as key for the once-index?
> The return-path is typically empty on auto-responses.


You are using "to = $sender_address" for the auto-reply, right? So that
Exim is replying to the SMTP Envelope Sender? Which would make this
impossible.

-Phil