Re: Mail reflector !!!

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:42:00 +0100 (MET)


On 14 Feb 1998, Andi Kleen wrote:

> alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:
>
> > > > it keeps a cache of msgids so that dulplicates get discarded :)
> > > Heh. I rely on INND to do that for me :)
> >
> > Matti oh mail guru , where do we get the duplicate message id discarder
> > module for zmailer 8)
>
> Another easy solution is qmail's X-Loop: header. It just adds an
> 'X-loop: listname' header to every outgoing message and when it sees
> such a header from the outside it discards the message. Very simple
> and seems to work well.

It won't work for linux-kernel however. There might
be people with newsreaders that don't erase the
X-Loop: header when you do a reply...

Rik.
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