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
