Re: trouble with mailing list manager not liking /usr/bin/vacation

Norman Ramsey <[email protected]> writes:

> I'm sure this is off topic, but the cdb mailing list manager is
> complaining that it's getting bounce messages.  It's actually getting a
> standard message from /usr/bin/vacation.  /usr/bin/vacation is careful
> to send this message only once per user per 15 days, but apparently the
> cdb list sends each message from a different address, so it gets a
> message from /usr/bin/vacation every single time.

vacation programs should never send mail to mailing lists.  This is
normally implemented by looking at the To and Cc headers of the incoming
message and not sending mail unless the incoming message was explicitly
addressed to the person on vacation.  There are many other criteria that
can be used as well, such as examining the envelope sender for return
addresses that look like lists or keying off of various message headers.

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Russ Allbery ([email protected])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>