On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, Carlos Sanchez wrote:
>
> Hello managers,
>
> On using "vacations", should the user unsubscribe from all mailing lists
> or are there any way to not replay the messages received from them?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
Reply for Ed Osterman:
>Most mailing lists send mail with the 'precedence' set to 'bulk' kind of
>like a flag saying the mail is junk mail. Most vacation programs do not
>reply to these messages.
Reply for Jon Reeves:
>If a mailing list includes the Precedence: bulk header, vacation will
>not reply. You'll note that this mailing list includes that header.
>There ara other conditions, as spelled out on the man page, that will
>suppress a reply.
Reply for Eric Bennett:
>Remember that messages to mailing lists will not arrive To: the user;
>the To: field wil contain the mailing list address.
Thanks to all of them!.
It's true. On the man page of vacation says that no vacation message is
sent if (...) a Precedence: bulk or Precedence: junk line is included in
the header.
I test it in my mailing lists and no vacation message was sent when the
precedence was bulk or junk.
Regards,
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Received on Tue Feb 06 1996 - 10:29:57 NZDT