Autoreply

[Dhawal Doshy]

Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
> That's a function for your MDA, not MailScanner.
> 
> If you *do* set up an autoreply, think about the following:
> 
> 1. If you indiscriminately autoreply YOU WILL BE MARKED/DEALT WITH AS A 
> SPAMMER BY MANY PEOPLE/SERVERS/RBL's. This is a matter of policy. For 
> more info:
> 
> http://www.spamcop.net/fom-serve/cache/329.html
> 
> 2. If you set it up using tools like the one in Webmin or at
> http://vacation.sourceforge.net/
> (which BTW just got updated for the first time in 5 years), remember to 
> set up the program so that it DOESN'T REPLY TO MAILING LISTS (if 
> possible), and so that IT DOESN'T REPLY TO THE SAME PERSON TWICE IN A 
> SPECIFIED TIME FRAME, preferably at least a week. That way it's more 
> difficult for loops to form because of badly misconfigured servers, 
> programs, sysadmins or users.
> 
> You *will* be exposing yourself to abuse, so be very careful about it.

A best practice for autoresponders.. IMO
http://groups.google.com/group/list.postfix.users/msg/676fb5a12a4a6ac4?dmode=source

- dhawal