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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
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970203083850.27494B-100000@militzer.me.tuns.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970202214405.11759A-100000@revelstone.jvm.com>

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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
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"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"




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