autoresponders cause mail loops
Bug #322042 reported by
dobey
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #114820: email floods (e.g. from broken NDR's, holiday bots, or just escalating flame wars) require admin intervention to halt/fix.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Launchpad itself |
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Undecided
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Bug Description
If someone who is receiving mails from launchpad, has an autoresponder set up, this will cause a loop of mails to permeate the bug report (or presumably whatever else supports e-mail responses as comments). The loop will never end until either the user is unsubscribed (which I seem to be unable to do myself), or the user returns and disables the autoresponder. This also causes lots of useless comments to fill the reports. If there is high traffic on the report, then the autoresponders may cause an overly high traffic load, as they reply to all mail sent to them. This may potentially cause a Denial of Service, I believe. Can we please fix this use case as soon as possible? Thanks.
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