From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 18:14:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B709616A420 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:14:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D622643D48 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:14:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Debian-3) with ESMTP id k1HIE3gj005809 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:14:05 +0200 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k1HIDqfk013849; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:13:52 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k1HIDoRk013848; Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:13:50 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:13:50 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Ted Mittelstaedt Message-ID: <20060217181350.GE13775@flame.pc> References: <01aa01c633e4$6eda5400$2e07a8c0@domfirst.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.357, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.84, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: Dave , James Csoka , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail autoresponder X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:14:23 -0000 On 2006-02-17 09:29, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > You do NOT want to setup an autoresponder like vacation! The > FEATURE method that Giorgos explained is the correct way to do it. > If your not using sendmail and your MTA cannot issue an error in > this fashion, you do not want to mess around with this. > > What happens with autoresponders is that spammers inadvertantly > trigger them. As a result the autoresponses get sent to thousands of > victims who had their names forged to the spammers message. Some > of those victim addresses are spamtrap addesses. Oh, crap! I hadn't thought of that. Good thinking there Ted :)