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Subject: turning off help replies
From: Ezra Bick <ebick @ etzion . org . il>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:46:25 +0200 (IST)
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com

Is there a way for me to turn off the automatic sending of a HELP file 
every time majordomo receives a message it does not understand?

The reason is the follows.

I am continually involved in mail loops (thousands of messages an hour) 
between my majordomo and a differetn systems Sendmail, precipitated by 
help messages. I assume that it begins with a virus sent to majordomo, 
which sends back a help message (from majordomo-owner). For one reason or 
another, that help message is rejected by the remote sendmail, which of 
course sends a message to majordomo-owner about the reject. That message 
triggers another help file.

On a number of occasions, the receiving mailbox is "full" (who knows - I 
may have filled it up myself), and the two messages simply loop on and 
on. This has crashed or severely impeded my system a number of times.

I would like to turn off the help file sent to every unrecognized 
majordomo command. If that is impossible, I would like to turn off "help" 
completely.



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