[svlug] Auto-responders

[Marc MERLIN]

On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 09:09:53AM -0800, Todd Lyons wrote:
> Got another auto-responder.  At least it responds to the poster and not
> the list.  Is there any LUG policy that addresses auto-responders?  For

Actually  it should  not respond  to the  poster, it  should respond  to the
list-admin (i.e. an auto responder should never ever send mail to the header
sender, and use the envelope sender instead)

> my own lug, I'm thinking of suggesting an "auto-booter" for
> auto-responders :)  What are the obvious drawbacks?  In the case of the

Mailman already automatically  unsubscribes many users who  bounce mail, and
we do the other ones by hand.

If you  get bounces  to your  Email address  when you  post here,  Email the
bounce (with full headers) to svlug-admin at svlug.org, and we'll kick the user
out.

Thanks,
Marc
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