[rt-users] blocking correspondence labeled "Precedence: bulk"

[Leif Nixon]

Tim Pierce <twp at rnktel.com> writes:

> After looking at some of the inbound mail it looks as if dropping
> inbound mail with a header of "Precedence: bulk" would do a good first
> pass at eliminating the autoreplies.  I'm writing to ask: has anyone
> tried this and found it to be a *bad* idea?

"Precedence: bulk" indicates that the e-mail is either from a mailing
list or somehow autogenerated (like an autoreply). It is almost always
a good idea to filter those out from any automated e-mail handling, so
yes, do go ahead.

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Leif Nixon                       -            Systems expert
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National Supercomputer Centre    -      Linkoping University
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