> Does any one know of a ABUSE system that might work with Imail so that
when
> we get abusers and some one reports them it can sign them a tracking
Number
> some how in the auto reply.
This wouldn't be hard to do with a Perl script... I've setup several special
aliases that invoked a script for various reasons, and have found it works
well. The file name is passed as the first argument to whatever you alias.
I have the path to Perl already in my environment, and the alias looks like
this:
perl C:\mypath\myscript.pl
$ARGV[0] contains the full path to the incoming filename in the spool
directory. Deleting it is up to you. You'll also want to build in some
protection against mail-bombs, as the complainer might have an auto-reply on
their address for some reason (i.e. forgot to take off their .vacation
message).
(Labor Day morning I woke up to 60,000 messages in my box (and in the PHB's
account), all thanks to a spammer who somehow triggered an internal mail
bomb involving "Illegal listserv command" and an account with an
Auto-responder on it that they forged as the "mail from"- sometimes I wish
Imail was a little smarter to know when it's caught in a loop).
Mike
P.S. You'll have to convert the path to the file before opening it...
$ARGV[0] =~ s#\\#/#g;
if (-e $ARGV[0]) {
&do_stuff;
}
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