On 4/11/2014 2:16 AM, Tei wrote:
So....
Suppose I configure my email to send a "Thanks, we have received your email, we will reply shortly in office hours.". Whats the Holy Headers so even poorly configured servers don't cause a AutoReply Storm? Googling, I found "Precedence", "X-Auto-Response-Suppress",..? For something like this, normally I would scan lots of opensource projects in www.google.com/codesearch (so I can learn from the projects with a large number of hours in production) , but seems down at the moment.
Any device or process that uses information from the infinitely forgeable email headers is a process or device that can be subverted. -- Requiescas in pace o email Two identifying characteristics of System Administrators: Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to learn from their mistakes. (Adapted from Stephen Pinker)