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Loop Exception
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· Introduction
· Email Commands
· Web Interface for Users
· Server Administrator
· · Overview of Server Administrator
· · Server Admin Menu
· · Sites Menu
· · Server Config
· · · Activation code and admin contact
· · · TCP/IP Settings
· · · Mail Receiving Settings
· · · · Incoming From: Mail Rewrites
· · · · Incoming To: Mail Rewrites
· · · · SMTP Port
· · · · Ban Mail From
· · · · Accept Mail From
· · · · Remove Lyris List Manager Addresses
· · · · Mail Receive Rules
· · · · Max Message Size
· · · · Incoming Mail Processing
· · · · Fast Bounce Handling
· · · · Loop Detection
· · · · Loop Exception
· · · · Disable From: Checking
· · · · Disable Subject: Checking
· · · · Disable first line Checking
· · · · Clean Incoming Mail Queue
· · · Mail Delivery Settings
· · · Lyris List Manager Command Protocol (LCP) Settings
· · · Server Headers and Footers
· · · Programming Extensions at the Server Level
· · · Newsgroups
· · · Miscellaneous Server Config Settings
· · Server Documents
· · Server Action Phrases
· · Server People
· · Statistics
· · Incoming Mail
· · Outgoing Mail
· · Server Admin Log
· · Shutdown Server
· Site Administrator
· List Administrator
· Other Topics
· Add-On Packages
· Installing and Upgrading
· Appendix
· Frequently Asked Questions

Loop Exception

The Loop Detection feature in Lyris List Manager keeps track of how many messages From: one person have gone to each To: address, and sets a limit on the daily number. However, you might want to specify exceptions to this feature, which you can do using this "Loop Exception" field.

For example, if you have a script which generates many commands from the same email address each day, you can put an exception in for your script, and still retain tight control over breaking mail loops. To use this feature, specify either the to sender or the recipient address, or specify a sender/recipient email address combination by putting the "sender-recipient" together on a line, separated by a dash. You can specify as many exceptions as you like each on a separate line.

For example, to put an exception for all mail from root@mail.yourcorp.com you would enter this:

    root@mail.yourcorp.com

To put an exception in for a local autoresponder named "sales@mycompany.com" you would put in:

    sales@mycompany.com

And if you wanted to put an exception in for only the messages from root@mail.yourcorp.com to a local autoresponder named "sales@mycompany.com" you would put in:

    root@mail.yourcorp.com-sales@mycompany.com

Note: If a loop is detected, Lyris List Manager will send the server administrator an email notification of the loop. The email notification will contain the From and To information for that message, as well as the instructions for putting an exception for that loop, if so desired.

Also Note: If you are using the "submany.pl" script for adding subscribers to your list, you will need to use loop exceptions if you are getting more than 50 subscribers a day. Otherwise, the fifty-first susbscribe request (and all subsequent subscribe requests for that day) will be rejected.

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