Wednesday, November 7, 2012

What happens if an email is automatically forwarded to an account that forwards back to you automatically?

What happens if an email is automatically forwarded to an account that forwards back to you automatically?
So both accounts have automatic forwarders... Does it keep going round in a loop until your inbox is full up? If so, how quick would this happen? Anyone ever tried this?
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Answer 1 :
Epic. Imma try this.
Answer 2 :
Somehow, most programs that I've seen are smart enough to realize a message has been auto-forwarded and they don't auto-forward it again. You could try this with 2 Gmail accounts and they don't do this.
Answer 3 :
Most mail systems have blocks built in that will only forward a message a number of times , they do this by stamping a tag onto the mail as its forwarded so this exact situation can not happen and bring the mail server down.
Answer 4 :
ermmm...never happened to me and no-one else i know...... think your on your own mate :)
Answer 5 :
One would fill up. Quite quickly: within a few hours I would guess with a 1GB limit.
Answer 6 :
I believe it will only send one automatic reply each way.

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