Re: Subject: Loop control mechanisms in mailing lists

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1 total messages Started by gillies.osbunorth Mon, 17 Feb 1986 19:18

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Author: gillies.osbunorth
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1986 19:18

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another method of loop control used by some of our mail gateways:

(5) Each host physically appends a [post]mark to the message that
identifies it as "A message already acted on here".  Refuse to process
[kill] the message if it shows up later at the same host with one of
your [post]marks still in tact.

This is a good way for a gateway to prevent looping.  However, it won't
work if you're sending mail through a dumb gateway that strips off this
information to accomplish format conversion.

				Don Gillies

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