From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 04:44:10 1997 Return-Path: <owner-questions> Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA26893 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 04:44:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from militzer.me.tuns.ca (militzer.me.tuns.ca [134.190.50.153]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA26888 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 04:44:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (bemfica@localhost) by militzer.me.tuns.ca (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id IAA27573; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 08:41:08 -0400 (AST) Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 08:41:07 -0400 (AST) From: Antonio Bemfica <bemfica@militzer.me.tuns.ca> To: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@revelstone.jvm.com> cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mailbot wars In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970202214405.11759A-100000@revelstone.jvm.com> Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970203083850.27494B-100000@militzer.me.tuns.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Cliff Addy wrote: > I was fiddling with creating a mail autoresponder and can't see how to > solve a problem. I was using the .forward mechanism to pipe email [...] Just use procmail, it is fairly easy to set up to take care of mail loops, "mailbot wars", etc. It is available as a package, I am sure. Antonio -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I myself have always disliked being called a 'genius'. It is fascinating to notice how quick people have been to intuit this aversion and avoid using the term" -- John Lanchester, in "The Debt to Pleasure"