The SAMBA list doesn't change the address to the list address so that won't work.

Snother question I should have also asked is, SHOULD Imail have the ability to use 
Preference: list or some other header information to not send a vacation message?

Dan

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Scott Huber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 16:14:02 -0400

>This doesn't directly answer your question, but a roundabout way to not send
>vacation messages to a list server (or whomever else for that matter), is to
>add that email address to the vacation.snt file in the user's folder on the
>server.  Each time a message is received, IMail checks that file and if the
>address is already listed, it won't send out the vacation message.
>
>Like I said, it's not the best solution, but it works.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Shadix
>Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:44 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [IMail Forum] Vacation message to list servers
>
>On the SAMBA list I had the below conversation concerning vacation messages
>and listserves.  Can Imail recognize mail with Precedence: List or in some
>other way recognize that mail is from a listserve and not send the vacation
>message?
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Dan Shadix said on Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 01:22:54PM -0600:
>> The problem is that the messages from this list come addressed From: each
>person instead of the list.  There's no way to set up the vacation message
>to know that the message is from a list (at least on our server).
>
>Then your server is broken.  The Unix vacation program has been able to
>notice
>list email and not reply to it since 1983.  Each message to the list
>provides
>more than enough information (List headers, etc) for an automated process to
>notice that this is a mailing list, and not reply to it.
>
>M 
>
>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
>List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
>---
>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the Orion Medical
>Management iMail server]
>
>
>---
>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus on the Orion Medical Management 
>iMail server]
>
>
>----------------------------------
>
>This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is 
>addressed and may contain information that is confidential and privileged and exempt 
>from disclosure under applicable law.  If the reader of this message is not the 
>intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or 
>copying of the communication is strictly prohibited.  If you have received this 
>communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your 
>system.  Thank you, Orion Medical Management Inc., Radiology Associates of Tampa.
>
>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
>List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
>Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
>

To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/

Reply via email to