Subject: Urgent Q: auto-reply how?

From: [email-masked] (Thomas L. Hoffmann)
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:55:13 +0100

Hi,

I'm gonna take off for vacations tomorrow and after fiddling around 
two hours with our UNIX machine I give up and ask the gurus:

My setup: Eudora Light 1.5.4 on a Mac which connects to a UNIX box running
Linux 1.2.13. There, I have the option between the standard "mail" and
another program called "pine." I was unable to find out how to set
an auto-reply, let's say a sentence like "I'm out for vacations 'till .."
Any good pointers? Thanks.

Tom

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From: Mike Brudenell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 15:40:32 +0100 (BST)

This is because neither program is designed to do this job (indeed they
can't!).  In particular they are mail *readers* ... for reading mail AFTER
it has been delivered to you by your mail delivery software (usually
"sendmail" on a UNIX box).

Instead you must persuade this mail delivery software to generate the "I
am away" message.

Most UNIX systems include a program called "vacation" to do this.  This
includes clear instructions on how to set it up and use it: type "man
vacation" to see if it is available on your system.  If not, then ask your
local support desk for advice as to what (if anything) is available.

Cheers,

Mike Brudenell                                         <[email-masked]>
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