Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site elsie.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!elsie!ado
From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Re: Problems with automatic (\"answering machine\") mail responders
Message-ID: <5177@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 23-Jul-85 16:04:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: elsie.5177
Posted: Tue Jul 23 16:04:15 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 25-Jul-85 01:32:42 EDT
References: <11394@brl-tgr.ARPA> <608@utai.UUCP> <67@ucbcad.UUCP>
Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD
Lines: 21

> > . . .by having my automatic mail answerer check
> > 1) that's the mail is addressed personally to me (not a mailing list),
> > 2) that is hasn't replied before to the same person, 
> most problems with "answreing machine" responders can be solved, without
> adding an exception list. . .
> Also, make sure that the letter isn't coming from another mail answering
> program if possible. A program I wrote called "mp" always appended "- (mp)"
> to the end of the subject line, so that it wouldn't cause infinite mail
> loops. . .

Hmmm. . .if you're having the answering program check for personal
mail, you might avoid the "- (mp)" business by having the answering program
send responses a la
	To: original-sender yourself
which would make any bounce-back from the original site look like "impersonal"
mail.
--
UNIX is an AT&T Bell Laboratories trademark.
--
	UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado    ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA
	DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks