Autoreply

[Alex Neuman van der Hans]

Anything you can recommend that complies with these guidelines?

Dhawal Doshy wrote:
> 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