Subject: varcation reply possible?

From: [email-masked] (Tom Pilutti)
Date: 22 May 1995 16:00:40 GMT

i'd like to know if pine is able to support an automatic vacation
reply so that a canned message is sent back to people when they
send me a message.  if it is possible, any pointers would be
helpful.

much obliged,

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From: "David L. Miller" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 12:40:37 -0700 (PDT)

> send me a message.  if it is possible, any pointers would be

Pine does not have this capability.  Use the "vacation" program or a
delivery filter program...

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From: [email-masked] (Ananda M. Kar)
Date: 22 May 1995 13:34:09 -0500

[ [email-masked] (Tom Pilutti) wrote the following on "comp.mail.pine": ]

-> i'd like to know if pine is able to support an automatic vacation
-> reply so that a canned message is sent back to people when they
-> send me a message.  if it is possible, any pointers would be
-> helpful.

   Most of the UNIX systems support it, you don't need PINE to accomplish
   this.

   Simply do the following:

   Create a file called ".vacation.msg" with a "Subject:" line, like

   Subject: away from my mail

   I will not be reading my mail for a while.
   Your mail regarding "$SUBJECT" will be read when I return

   Thanks

   Tom

  To start vacation, create  a  .forward  file  in  your  home
  directory containing a line of the form:

         \username, "|/usr/ucb/vacation username"

   where username is your login name.

   Then type in the command:

    vacation -I

   To stop vacation, remove the .forward file, or move it to  a
   new name.

   Ananda
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From: Rene Grothmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 11:27:51 +0200

>    Your mail regarding "$SUBJECT" will be read when I return
                         ^^^^^^^^^^

This does not work on my system (AIX 3.2)

>          \username, "|/usr/ucb/vacation username"
           ^

No ?!? Omit the backslash.

>    To stop vacation, remove the .forward file, or move it to  a

On my system, it suffices to do say "touch .vacation.msg". Another
"vacation -I" will start the vacation message again.

Rene