This new method ->isAutoReply() checks several email headers and/or the email subject line if it matches commonly used patterns that indicate that this email is an automatic reply to another email (also known as "Out-of-office-reply").
Checking the subject line is less accurate and can optionally be disabled by calling ->isAutoReply(false).
Mailbox::from('sender@domain.com', function (InboundEmail $email) {
// Only reply to email, if it's not an auto-reply
if(! $email->isAutoReply()){
$email->reply(new FeedbackReceived);
}
});
Description
This new method
->isAutoReply()checks several email headers and/or the email subject line if it matches commonly used patterns that indicate that this email is an automatic reply to another email (also known as "Out-of-office-reply").Checking the subject line is less accurate and can optionally be disabled by calling
->isAutoReply(false).Background
Not all email clients/servers use the same header/subject formats when replying automatically. This method checks the most common ones. Also see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1027395/detecting-outlook-autoreply-out-of-office-emails
Example usage