Small problem with autoreply

Allegro1100 · Post by **Allegro1100** » 2007-02-20 11:04

Hi all,
in hMs 4.4 b260 , if I set a date when the auto-reply expire, *any* date, the automatic responder stops working the day after. Even if I disable the auto-expiration, the auto response not work until I disable and re-enable the autoreply for that account.
Someone found the same problem?
Ciao,

Andrea.

Post by **martin** » 2007-02-20 13:57

Do you know that the auto-reply functionality only sends one auto-reply per sender and recipient? If you send two messages to an account which have auto-reply enabled, you'll only receive one auto-reply. Could it be that your problem is related to that?

Allegro1100 · Post by **Allegro1100** » 2007-02-20 14:54

Thanks Martin,
yes, the problem could be related to that.
In effect, the documentation says: "hMailServer only sends one auto-reply per sender", but *per sender and per day* or *per sender and per week* or... what?

How long between the first auto-answer and the next one?

Post by **martin** » 2007-02-20 19:05

It's not re-enabled until you disable and enable the auto-reply again.

Allegro1100 · Post by **Allegro1100** » 2007-02-20 19:26

Even if the service was stopped and restarted?

Post by **martin** » 2007-02-20 19:27

No, if the service is stopped and started, they are activated again since this information is only stored in memory.

Allegro1100 · Post by **Allegro1100** » 2007-02-20 19:34

Well, in short: it's not a bug, it's a feature!

Thanks again Martin.
Ciao,

Andrea.

P.S. Maybe will be better to have one auto-reply per sender and per day?

Post by **martin** » 2007-02-20 19:39

Try using the search function in the forum. Would have saved this entire conversation..

http://www.hmailserver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2495

kdiamond · Post by **kdiamond** » 2015-02-01 01:18

Is there a way to turn this feature off ? I would nee autoreply to always to reply.

Thank you

Br,
kd

mattg · Post by **mattg** » 2015-02-01 03:08

Sure

Use a rule, or a custom script.
(really old thread by the way)

How is your VBS?

percepts · Post by **percepts** » 2015-02-01 06:04

Be warned that if two servers both have auto reply imlemented in the manner you are proposing, you could be sending each other mail at an alarming rate if you haven't coded to stop that from happening.
That is precisely the reason why the built in auto reply only auto replies to a sender once during a single hmailserver service load. The auto reply is cached so hmail knows not to do it again.

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