[sclug] Auto-reply for old address with maildrop

[Patrick]

What does reply 550 mean?

Roland Turner (SCLUG) wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 15:11 +0000, Tom Chance wrote:
> 
>> I'm a bit stuck, I'm trying to set up maildrop to automatically reply to 
>> anyone who emails me at my old address advising them of my new one. At the 
>> moment emails go straight through the system but no auto-replies are sent 
>> out. I've got plenty of other filters working so the system is otherwise 
>> configured properly. Any suggestions?
> 
> I'm not clear on what tool you're using (it looks procmailish, is it?)
> but would suggest that you at least consider another approach.
> 
> I have seen broken auto-responders so many times that I'd avoid using
> them wherever possible. Are you in control of the MTA and, if so, why
> not reply 550 with a short message in the human-readable portion of the
> message?
> 
> - Raz
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