on Thu, Mar 07, 2002, Hans Ekbrand (hans@sociologi.cjb.net) wrote: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:44:25AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: > > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 pfemat@web.de wrote: > > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE pfemat@web.de > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > -- > > Baloo > > What about a procmail rule that auto-replied that off-list? I for one > would happily use it :-) Well, if we all did the same ;-) I apply the following in my 'list rules' file, part of the spamfilter procmail recipies. Please note the use of X-Loop to prevent autoresponder looping. The variable MY_XLOOP is generated elsewhere in my procmail recipies as my FQDN email address. # Rule to handle "help", "subscribe", and "unsubscribe" posts to lists. :0 * 1^0 ^Subject:[ ]*$ * 1^0 ^Subject:[ ]*help$ * 1^0 ^Subject:[ ]*(un)*subscribe$ { LOG="Administrative request on list mail" # Reply with a helpful suggestion unless a loop header's been found. :0c * !^$MY_XLOOP | ( formail -rtk -i "From: $OFFADDR" -i "$MY_XLOOP" ; \ echo "This is an automatically generated message."; \ echo ; \ echo "You appear to be sending a subscription, unsubscription, or"; \ echo "\"help\" message to a mailing list I'm subscribed to. I am"; \ echo "not the list manager, just another subscriber."; \ echo ; \ echo "For subscription issues, there's often information in the "; \ echo "list mail itself. Check the footer or email headers"; \ echo "(methods for the latter vary by email client), of list mail"; \ echo "(or of the quoted content of this message) and follow the "; \ echo "procedures mentioned here, or contact the listed"; \ echo "administrator."; \ echo ; \ echo "Failing that, try searching for a list management website"; \ echo "for this list via Google (http://www.google.com/) or a"; \ echo "similar search engine."; \ echo ; \ echo "If this still doesn't work, post a detailed description of"; \ echo "your problem and methods attempted to unsubscribe, to the"; \ echo "list."; \ echo ; \ echo "Note that mis-directed administrative mail to mailing lists"; \ echo "is considered an annoyance by many (hence this response),"; \ echo "but I also empathize with those who find themselves deluged"; \ echo "with the spigot that is many high-traffic lists these days."; \ echo ; \ echo "If you're requesting help on a specific topic other than"; \ echo "list subscription/unsubscription, please supply a more"; \ echo "meaningful subject line."; \ echo ; \ echo "Your original message has been discarded."; \ echo ; \ echo "Cheers."; \ echo ; \ echo "-- "; cat $HOME/.signature \ ) | $SENDMAIL -oi -t :0: $SPAMBOX } ...though I should really test this on myself, no ;-) -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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