Setup a Spam-Proof Vacation Autoresponder with Procmail + Sendmail

Posted by devhen on Mar 19, 2008 10:11 AM EDT
blog.devhen.com; By Devin Henderson
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The problem with vacation auto responders like 'vacation' for sendmail is that spammers often fake the From: address. Auto responding to these addresses can get your mail server blacklisted. To avoid this you can setup your autoresponder with procmail and, if you are running a spam filter on your machine, you can tell procmail to auto respond only if the X Spam Status header is 'No.'

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