Re: [siesta-dev] mail forwarding loop

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From: Bowen Dwelle
Subject: Re: [siesta-dev] mail forwarding loop
Date: 23:17 on 09 Nov 2004
dakkar wrote:
> Bowen Dwelle wrote:
> 
>> I'm sure this is something simple... I send mail to 
>> test-list@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx, where a catch-all alias sends it to my account.
>>
>> .procmailrc does this:
>>
>> # test-list
>> :0:
>> * !^X-Been-There
>> * !^List-
>> * ^TO.*test-list@admonsters\.org
>> | $HOME/bin/tequila post test
>>
>> which causes the message to be distributed correctly to the members of 
>> the "test" list. However, bowen@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx is also a member of 
>> that list, and when the mail comes in a second time, it gets bounced 
>> due to a mail forwarding loop. The headers that should prevent this 
>> are there:
> 
> I use a similar setup: the list address is an alias for my mailbox, I 
> then get the messages via POP3 and pass them through procmail. My 
> recipes are as following:
> 
> :0
> * !^X-Been-There
> * !^List-
> * ^TO.*listaddress@domain\.com
> | /usr/bin/tequila post listname
> :0:
> * ^X-Been-There
> * ^List-Id: listname
> * ^TO.*listaddress@domain\.com
> my.maildir.for.the.list/

Thx for the suggestion. I tried this, and got the same result: bounce 
from postfix due to "mail forwarding loop"
There's stuff above here

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