User Tools

Site Tools


setting_up_the_vacation_1_email_auto-responder_on_sdf

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revisionBoth sides next revision
setting_up_the_vacation_1_email_auto-responder_on_sdf [2021/03/22 06:29] – [How vacation(1) works:] hc9setting_up_the_vacation_1_email_auto-responder_on_sdf [2021/03/22 06:29] – [How vacation(1) works:] hc9
Line 18: Line 18:
   * initialize the DB file; initialization creates the DB file if it doesn't exist and sets/resets the vacation interval timer - the period it waits to resend an auto-reply. The default interval is one (1) week; to specify an different interval use '''-t nu<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', where "n" is an integer and "u" is ''s'', ''m'', ''h'', ''d'', or ''w'' (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks; week is default). If "n" = 0 and "u" is omitted, a notice is sent for every message. If "n" is set to a very large number, say 9999, no sender will ever receive more than one notice.   * initialize the DB file; initialization creates the DB file if it doesn't exist and sets/resets the vacation interval timer - the period it waits to resend an auto-reply. The default interval is one (1) week; to specify an different interval use '''-t nu<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', where "n" is an integer and "u" is ''s'', ''m'', ''h'', ''d'', or ''w'' (seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks; week is default). If "n" = 0 and "u" is omitted, a notice is sent for every message. If "n" is set to a very large number, say 9999, no sender will ever receive more than one notice.
   * create the auto-reply message. The message needs to be a routable email file with a header and body section. A ''$SUBJECT'' variable is supported for a more customized response.   * create the auto-reply message. The message needs to be a routable email file with a header and body section. A ''$SUBJECT'' variable is supported for a more customized response.
-  * edit the ''$HOME/.forward'' file to pipe mail through vacation(1); it's good idea to test the configuration beforehand using the vacation(1) '''-d''' debug option.+  * edit the ''$HOME/.forward'' file to pipe mail through vacation(1); it's good idea to test the configuration beforehand using the vacation(1) '''-d<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' debug option.
  
 ==== Some examples: ==== ==== Some examples: ====
setting_up_the_vacation_1_email_auto-responder_on_sdf.txt · Last modified: 2021/03/22 06:33 by hc9