Subject: vacation?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 11:08:49 -0400

i know that many mail programs allow the posting of a file called
.vacation which sends auto responce to the sender the moment the email
arrives ....

is there the a way to get the same effect with pine? i am running linux
1.3.99
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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 20:20:10 -0400

> is there the a way to get the same effect with pine? i am running linux

    Most Un*x-like systems have a program called, strangely enough,
'vacation', which is actually independent of any particular mail
program you use.  When you run vacation, it will create a .vacation.msg
file for you.  See if it is on your system.  As such, it has nothing to
do with Pine.

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From: [email-masked] (Sven Guckes)
Date: 23 Aug 1996 16:51:52 GMT

[email-masked] ([email-masked]):
> i know that many mail programs allow the posting of a file called .vacation
> which sends auto responce to the sender the moment the email arrives ....
> is there the a way to get the same effect with pine?

No.  Think about it:
Pine could only do this while it is running.
When you are away then you dont start pine (do you? ;-).
As it won't run it cannot take action on incoming mails.
Thus pine is not the right tool for it.
QED.

Btw, "vacation" is a program - not a file.
However, it creates files, namely $HOME/.vacation.msg and $HOME/.forward.
Thus the program that receives the mail (the MTA - mail transfer agent)
will know what to do with new mail.

WARNING:  Do NOT use "vacation" if you are subscribed to mailing list.
Its a terrible nuisance to receive autosent mails from people who do
not even read their mails and thus cannot take action upon this.  :-(

Sven

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From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 22:15:29 -0400

[email-masked] wrote:
> 2175 Northlake Parkway Suite 17                         have discovered there is a linux port for .vacation

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