In a vpopmail 5.4.6 site with autoresponder 2.0.4, the behavior we're seeing is that when a user sets a vacation message, vpopmail sets up the autoresponder with a 3 messages per day limit. The .qmail file it creates for that person has autoresponder on the first line and then the Maildir delivery statement on the second. What we're seeing is that after the messages from a given address exceed three, the autoresopnder no longer mails, as expected, but the messages are no longer delivered to the Maildir either, and the sender is not notified. Is there a way to override that behavior so messages are not lost? Is this the expected behavior even or is something else incorrect? If I reverse the order in the .qmail file it works as intended but I'd rather not patch vpopmail for all of our servers and then remember to do that for the future.
Thanks, David