On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Ezra Bick wrote:
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 15:46:25 +0200 (IST)
> From: Ezra Bick <ebick@etzion.org.il>
> To: majordomo-users@greatcircle.com
> Subject: turning off help replies
>
> 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?
ftp://ftp.ccsf.org/majordomo-patches/1.94.5/noCommand_noBounce.0
Regrds,
Joe
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> 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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