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| Newer page: | version 13 | Last edited on Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:31:24 am | by zcat(1) | Revert |
| Older page: | version 12 | Last edited on Wednesday, April 14, 2004 6:29:51 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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__Do not use the scripts from this page.__ They are left here for the interest of the curious, but __should not be employed__.
You may want to [read some more interesting discussion about the evils of autoresponders of any kind | http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/4627].
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+A note from the original author - I've long-since stopped using this script for exactly that reason. Very little spam comes from a valid reply address, the only consistent exception is 419 spammers. I'm also guilty of installin AV software that sends bounces, but I plan to fix that next time I'm working on the servers in question.
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+Also I'm not sure this script is even 'safe' - it can very probably be exploited by a well-crafted subject line or source email address to run untrusted programs as the user.
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This is probably the very worst kind of scripting, but it works. Feel free to suggest improvements (rewriting it in [Python] might be a good start :)). The original idea is AsSeenOnSlashdot. I should probably add something to __.procmail__ so it doesn't reply to robot mailings. When I unsubbed from the ~UpYours mailing list (opt-in, but mostly advertising) the acknowledgement message also got tagged as spam.
