--- Stefane Fermigier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 11:41:12AM -0800, Eugenio
> Diaz wrote:
> > --- Stefane Fermigier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 08:43:04AM -0800,
> Eugenio
> > > Diaz wrote:
> > > > I do not understand what you are trying to
> say.
> > ...
> > > case,
> > > > then there must be a bug in sympa, or some
> other
> > > > place.
> > >
> > > Sorry, but Chmouel and Sympa's documentation are
> > > right here. It would
> > > be nice if Reply-To: was set to list, but
> > > unfortunately, once in a while,
> > > someone comes with a badly configured
> autoresponder,
> > > or autovacation
> > > responder, and then things get *really* ugly. I
> > > mean, hundreds of messages
> > > add up until the list manager wakes up (usually
> > > someone calls him on the
> > > phone) hand kill the broken subscription.
> >
> > I do not get it.
> >
> > Could you explain exactly why a vacation
> autoresponder
> > would cause hundreds of emails to the list?
>
> Someone send a message to the list.
> The (badly configured) autoresponder replies to the
> list.
> The (badly configured) autoresponder replies to its
> reply to the list.
> The (badly configured) autoresponder replies to its
> reply to its reply to the list.
> ...
Ok, but I still think that this is very unlikely, and
the convenience of having all of your replies posted,
far out weight the risk of this happening.
=====
Eugenio Diaz, BSEE/BSCE
Linux Engineer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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