Subject: "vacation" replies

From: John de Boer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 11:11:40 +1000 (EST)

Is it possible to set up an automatic repsonse to messages received, that
can be used when a user is away for a period of time?

I already know that one should Unsubscribe to any mailing lists!

I believe this subject may have been raised on this forum sometime ago,
but cAn't find it in my saved messages or the help list.  Thank you.

John de Boer
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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 13:10:34 +0800 (GMT)

> can be used when a user is away for a period of time?

This is not a function of pine itself.  You need to set this up from your
Unix account.  On many systems this is accomplished via the "vacation"
program.  Try typing "man vacation" for details on its use.

> I already know that one should Unsubscribe to any mailing lists!

Not really.  One should use something like "procmail" and have the mailing
list traffic sorted into different folders so you can browse them at your
leasure.  This way you don't "miss" anything.

> but cAn't find it in my saved messages or the help list.  Thank you.

It was probably discussed during the time you were unsubscribed.  :-)

Ed

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