[Mailman-Users] Detecting Autoresponders
Stephen J. Turnbull
stephen at xemacs.org
Sun Aug 2 09:54:45 CEST 2009
Adam McGreggor writes:
> > As others have said, if an autoresponder is responding repeatedly to
> > the same address in the course of a few days it is certainly behaving
> > badly. Lotus Notes and Exchange autoresponders should not be allowed
> > near the Internet.
>
> I'd rewrite that last part to:
> "Lotus Notes and poorly-setup Microsoft Exchange installations should
> not be allowed near the Internet."
I'm not sure that's acceptable. People might be tempted to think that
MCSE + CCNA qualify one to do better than "poorly set up" a mail
server. :-/
> "approach" is. (I don't always see those messages: through filtering,
> I attempt to ditch 'out of office' type messages.)
My butt has been saved (from Usenet-style flaming, not corporate-style
firing) on a number of occasions by the practice of making my personal
filter a subset of the rules used on my lists. I realize for various
reasons that's not always feasible, but it's a good rule of thumb to
start with.
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