Listserv Response to Autoreply Messages
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Q:
M.B. wrote: When hosting a listserv, does NIMS/NetMail have a function that prevents email flooding from subscribers who turn on "auto-reply" in their e-mail client?
A:
Yes and No.
1) By default NetMail will not reply to the list, the replies will be sentto the sender, therefore there is no loop.
2) If you do configure the list so the replies do return to the list and notthe original sender then a loop may occur. Read below for details.
A loop will not occur if the mail client/server generating the Auto-Replymessage sets the precedence to bulk. The list server will not process anyentries with a header that contains a precedence of bulk.
A loop will occur if the mail client/server does not return the Auto-Replywith a mail header containing the precedence bulk header. However, pleaseremember this loop will only occur if the list is configured to returnreplies to the list.
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