Q: about vacation messages

[Steffan Henke]

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005, Matt Kettler wrote:

> In general, it's best to only respond to messages that have your address in the
> To: or Cc: header of the message. It's also a good idea to check for Precedence:
> list or Precedence: bulk and avoid responding to those.


man procmailex

gives a great example of a "vacation" that also ensures you don't send 
responses if a recipient has already received a vacation msg.
I have seen way too many autoresponders that respond to autoresponders 
and back again, especially during the christmas holidays season...

Regards,

Steffan

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