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Looping E-mails Beat The Net Down

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-want-my-smtp dept.

Staili writes "Singapore-based women's magazine caused problems when it forwarded its mails to a large list of recipients, mainly mailing lists. In addition to security@suse.com, some help and subscribe lists were included; the type of addresses that tend to send out an automatic reply confirming receipt. And the loop was ready." I'm sure anyone who's messed with mail enough has accidentally created a loop or two in their day, but this is really slimey.

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  1. Re:happened at my school once... by /dev/trash · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    what kind of liberal bull shit is this:

    Thankfully, everyone from those trying to sell stuff to those saying "quit it!" all had to write a 500-word essay about why what they did was wrong