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. With the result that if you setup an autoresponder and a spammer hits it, your site will get blacklisted. The Sendmail method does not have this problem because the error message is returned during the transmission phase, to the sending mailserver, it is not e-mailed to the envelope address. An autoresponder that only sends autoresponses to a defined list of senders is OK. But one that sends to anyone is a Bad Thing! Ted >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Csoka >Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 9:06 AM >To: Dave; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: sendmail autoresponder > > >This isn't a sendmail solution, but I use openwebmail for my company's >webmail interface, and it has an autoresponder option. It'll >send back an >email response, and you can simply set up filtering to dump the incoming >mail to the trash folder. > >-jim > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 11:24 AM >Subject: sendmail autoresponder > > >> Hello, >> I've got a box that i took over that runs sendmail, >mailscanner, and >sa >> for antispam. There's an email address at one of the domains that the >owner >> has indicated he would like an autoresponder hooked to it. >THe objective >is >> whenever someone sends to that address it won't be delivered >to a mailbox, >> but dropped and the autoresponder msg will be sent back. I'm >a sendmail >> newbie in the extreme and would appreciate any advice. >> Thanks. >> Dave. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >> > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.10/263 - Release >Date: 2/16/2006 > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"