Re: automatic bcc each outgoing message

[David Champion <dgc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* On 2004.08.31, in <20040831150457.GD4414@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
*       "Stewart V. Wright" <svwright+lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > :0 c
> > * ! ^FROM_DAEMON
> > | /usr/lib/sendmail -oi -oem -f MAILER-DAEMON you@xxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > Adjust for your local sendmail lookalike.
> 
> An even easier alternative is:
> 
>   :0c
>   ! you@xxxxxxxxx

Procmail's built-in forwarding (via '!') can cause very, very bad mail
loops in some situations. Procmail uses sendmail on the back end for
forwarding, anyway, so calling sendmail explicitly doesn't change much:
it just makes it safer.

I recommend always piping to sendmail for forwarding.

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