Vaction response limiter

[kevinb]

It appears that currently the vacation transport in exim is setup to respond to all messages. We have had a number of clients hit loops with systems that respond to there response ad nausem. When they return they find there mailboxes are full with thousands of emails.

I've added into the exim.conf file in the uservacation transport section:

once = /etc/virtual/${domain}/reply/${local_part}.vacation.db
once_repeat = 7d

This adds what I'm used to with the vacation message which is only 1 per week being replied to. Is it possible to have Directadmin remove the user.vacation.db file as part of the cleanup of vactions?

I would also suggest the above lines be added to the default exim.conf.

Thanks

 

[DirectAdmin Support]

We used to have it there, but the db file would grow very large very quickly and fill up the partition, but it will vary per box an mail/spam load, so by all means, use it suits your setup.

It is there, just commented out, for anyone who wants to use it. (search for "once =") (we didn't have the once_repeat; set it as you desire)

John