Blocking bad messages - was: Re: Autoreply: [cobalt-users] Re:Autoreply: whatever...

[Michael Tubbe <mtubbe@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 1, 2002 01:57 pm, you wrote:
> What is happening here. I have recieved this mail maybe 10 times or more
> today. Good advertising mate.

What you're seeing is the result of someone subscribing to the list, but then 
having an auto-reply send out from their machine for every list message they 
receive.  It's annoying, but it seems to happen every so often.

Getting rid of this automatically can be done in a number of different ways 
depending on what mail client you are using.  

In general, your client might have a "rules" or "filters" option.  In this 
case, create a new rule or filter that addresses the sender of the 
troublesome email messages.  

If you are using a linux/UNIX machine, another option is to write a local 
.procmailrc recipe for the offending address.

For more detailed instructions, check your mail program's manual or 
http://www.procmail.org.

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Michael Tubbe