> > Hmmm ... can auto-responders distinguish between normal user e-mail > > and e-mail from a mailing list? > > Yes, if the list processor implements rfc2919 (see > <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2919>); then simply check for the > existence of the 'List-ID' header. Mailman, iirc, also adds > 'X-BeenThere'. Sieve, as an example, is able to deal with them > properly without any further user intervention as to suppress > auto-replies. > > Unfortunately, this list doesn't contain any of these headers, > though. Thus, this needs to be fixed in the mailing list software > IMHO.
If the majordomo config is to be believed, a List-Id header will now show up on messages to the amanda lists and should be on this message. If not and one of the filtering programs is being naughty, it will be there soon. In the past, a precedence: bulk header was added, but it looks like it was being stripped and its been broken for a long time. Given the negative verbiage on it in rfc2076, I declined to add it back in. The majordomo config mostly predates rfc2919. :) -Todd
