> Be very carefull when using auto-responders when you have subscribed
> to a mailing list. Consider the following senerio:
>
> * A subscriber to a mailing list (call him Bill) sets up an
> auto-responder for his email and leaves for holiday.
> * The list Bill subscribes to sends out an email.
> * Bill's auto-responder replys to the list.
> * The list sends Bill's reply to all subscribers, including Bill.
> * Bill's auto-responder reply's *again* to the list.
> etc.
>
> The ensuing infinite loop of email messages has been know to bring
> down portions of the Internet (especially if Bill subscribes to more
> that one list or more than one person sets up such an auto-responder).
> Most mailing list administrators are aware of this and make their
> list's "from" and "to" addresses distinct to avaoid this problem, but
> I'd still check before setting up an auto-responder.
>
> I personally don't use auto-responders but I'd hope such a program
> would be smart enough to only send an automatic reply to the same
> address at most once.
The one I mentioned is smart enough to reply differently to different
senders. And as being just a perl script, easily modifiable to be as
smart as you wish.
Alex Y.
>
> Keith
>
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