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Auto-Submitted and Precedence headers in automatically sent e-mails

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2. developing enhancement feature: emails
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Emails are often automatically sent by Nextcloud. eg : activity or sharing notifications. People with auto-reply configured on their mailboxes reply...

Describe the solution you'd like
Two additionnal headers can be added in automatically submited emails, as described in RFC.
Auto-Submitted and Precedence. RFC-compliant mail clients may not autoreply when those headers are present.

Thank you,
GS.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the code paths that send automatic activity and sharing notification emails. Read the relevant email-sending entry points and the RFC guidance for Auto-Submitted and Precedence headers, then verify that automatically sent messages include the requested headers without changing other mail behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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