Re: Mail reflector !!!
Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.CSIRO.AU)
Tue, 17 Feb 1998 10:40:00 +1100
Rik van Riel writes:
> 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...
I thought the policy was "no mail->news gateways or news->mail
gateways". Feeding email to local newsgroups is technically not
allowed either because of the potential for mail loops, correct?
People do it anyway because (done correctly) no-one knows they're
doing it, but if they stuff up, they get thrown off the list.
Can someone please confirm the policy on this point?
Regards,
Richard....
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