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Dax Kelson writes:
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> If I have the following line in my .qmail file
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> |/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject -- "$SENDER" < forward.txt
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> For an autoresponder, what happens If I send a message to myself? Will
> a massive loop result?

Hmmm... good point. But why would you want all mail sent to your
account to generate an autoresponse? Set up an extension
(e.g. nelson-corn, which replies with my wife's list of foods
containing corn).

> If so, what is the best way to setup an autoresponder?

Probably like this:

|/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject -- -f "" "$SENDER" < forward.txt

This sets the envelope From: address to empty, so that people (and
machines) cannot reply to it.

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> |/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject -- "$SENDER" < forward.txt
> For an autoresponder, what happens If I send a message to myself? Will
> a massive loop result?

This is why every automatic response (bounce being just a special case
of automatic response) is supposed to have an empty envelope sender.

> If so, what is the best way to setup an autoresponder?

Try
|/var/qmail/bin/qmail-inject -f "" -- "$SENDER" < forward.txt

Disclaimer: I haven't tested that.

olaf