hmm.. thats a good point..
perhaps i could pipe it to a php script which would mail the auto-reply and insert the recipient mail addy and timestamp into a db and only reply a max of once every 24 hours... hmm.. how does that sound? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul J Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:03 AM Subject: Re: [Dbmail] heyas again.. > > > Daniel Bryant wrote: > > Thanks for that info.. > > > > > > I did actually find your post about setting it up with procmail... I was > > thinking about using it > > but ideally i want to keep it all in the database (or as much of it as > > possible) as its for a clients mail management interface. > > Of course, that's why we're all using dbmail. But afaik the autoreply > feature is too stupid for production use. It doesn't remember who it > replied to, thus setting you up for some nasty mailloops that will not > reflect nicely on dbmail should it hit some high-traffic list :-) > > > > I'll have a look for the patch tho.. > > > > Thanks again, > > Dan. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Paul J Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 7:32 PM > > Subject: Re: [Dbmail] heyas again.. > > > > > > > >>Try searching the recent archives of the list. > >> > >>Auto-reply as build into dbmail appears to be broken. A patch to fix > >>this was posted last week. > >> > >>Also, last week I've posted a HOWTO for setting up autoreplies with > >>dbmail using procmail. > >> > >> > >>Daniel Bryant wrote: > >> > >>>:) > >>> > >>>still trying to get the auto_replies to work... > >>>i found this in the maillog: > >>> > >>>Aug 10 14:38:29 web2 dbmail/smtp[1583]: send_reply(): found sendmail > >>>command to be [/usr/sbin/sendmail] > >>>Aug 10 14:38:29 web2 dbmail/smtp[1583]: send_reply(): found SUBJECT > >>>[TESTING] > >>>Aug 10 14:38:29 web2 dbmail/smtp[1583]: send_reply(): found FROM > >>>["Daniel Bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>] > >>>Aug 10 14:38:29 web2 dbmail/smtp[1583]: send_reply(): header fields > >>>scanned; opening pipe to sendmail > >>>Aug 10 14:38:29 web2 dbmail/smtp[1583]: send_reply(): sending data > >>>Aug 10 14:38:29 web2 dbmail/smtp[1583]: send_reply(): pipe closed > >>>Aug 10 14:38:29 web2 dbmail/smtp[1583]: send_reply(): reply could not be > >>>sent: sendmail error > >>> > >>> > >>>this is strange as my dbmail+postfix setup works perfectly in every > >>>other way. it delivers mail flawlessly to local and remote recipients. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>any light anyone can shed on this woudl be most appreciated. :D > >>> > >>>cheers, > >>>Dan. > >>> > >> > >>-- > >> ________________________________________________________________ > >> Paul Stevens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> NET FACILITIES GROUP PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Dbmail mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dbmail mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail > > > > -- > ________________________________________________________________ > Paul Stevens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > NET FACILITIES GROUP PGP: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl > > _______________________________________________ > Dbmail mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.fastxs.nl/mailman/listinfo/dbmail >
