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simonsarris on Oct 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Please review my site "Smoke Signal"

If two people both used that automatic reply, and one of them emailed the other, it would result in the world's funniest arms race.

JoshTriplett on Oct 19, 2011 | [–]

Or ARMMs race: http://catb.org/jargon/html/A/ARMM.html

kooshball on Oct 19, 2011 | [–]

The big email provides should already have loop detection. This is no different than a vacation email or an NDR.

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