[sclug] Auto-reply for old address with maildrop

[Tom Chance]

Ahoy,

On Friday 17 March 2006 16:37, 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?

I'm using maildrop to do the filtering from emails picked up by Postfix. But 
sending error messages back seems a bit over the top. I want to still get the 
emails, but just send a friendly message back asking them to use my newer 
address.

Has anyone got any solutions up their sleeve for this, or comments on my 
attempt with maildrop?

Regards,
Tom

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