On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:17, Robert Hensel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I currently have a properly working postfix-mysql setup. This all works > fine, but I would like to implement an autoresponder/other stuff. The > problem is, that for example procmail doesn't seem to work with virtual > users. I have added "mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail ". But this > line is completely ignored :(
The most important thing about auto-responders is that they implement the regex described in procmailrc(5) as FROM_DAEMON. If you do this by scripts then make sure that the script does such a regular expression check. Otherwise you will inevitably end up with people forgetting to unsubscribe from mailing lists and sending vacation messages to every person who posts to the list (thus getting you lots of flames). Also think very carefully about whether you want an auto-responder, it will respond to spam and send messages to innocent third parties. Such a program can easily get you hundreds of flames per hour... I've been thinking about alternate solutions to this problem. One option is to send a 45x code in response to the message (determined by combination of "mail from:" and "rcpt to:") for a period of 4 hours with a message about why the mail is being diverted etc, then accepting it after that. 4 hours is enough time for most mail servers to generate a warning email based on the 45x code. Another option is to receive the entire message, accept it for delivery but instead of a 25x give a 55x code with a message saying "this message was delivered, but please note that the account holder is on vacation". These methods should allow the vacation message to reliably go only to the originator of the message (or to no-one if it's a spam). However they do require that a new proxy program be written to receive the mail as no existing software (AFAIK) is capable of doing it. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
