[Python-Dev] kill the cbsoutdoor.co.uk autoresponder

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Jan 5 15:36:30 CET 2007


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On Jan 5, 2007, at 9:29 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote:

> On Jan 5, 2007, at 6:06 AM, Anthony Baxter wrote:
>
>> On Friday 05 January 2007 17:40, Gregory P. Smith wrote:
>>> Whoever is subscribed to python-dev with a broken corporate
>>> autoresponder that sends everyone who posts to the list this
>>> useless response multiple times please unsubscribe yourself.  Its
>>> highly annoying and entirely useless since its not even
>>> identifying the list subscriber(s) deserving the blame.
>>
>> Can you determine the original email domain from the Received
>> headers, perhaps?
>
> I think I found the offending address, which I won't name on this
> mailing list.  I have disabled the address so please let me know if
> you continue to see the autoresponses so that we can either rejoice
> or I can re-enable the poor guy and we can all continue to despair.

Ah, I didn't get a response spam for that message, and I /did/ get  
one when I sent a test email to the suspect address.  So I think I  
nailed it.  I've also sent a polite <wink> email to their postmaster  
in complaint.

- -Barry

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