From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 05:35:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BC811065672 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:35:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f165.google.com (mail-bw0-f165.google.com [209.85.218.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A5698FC15 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:35:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so136193bwz.43 for ; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:35:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=bgrqzGsJEjABq4/61wjnRtkMtTvN3yGBk86xyNMkzDw=; b=B2aE7jGjl5lrUmIFj1RAZ7fjO4BGu6vjZZco4CUIaABP/wFaQ4C7VoDzjuE6V8SdRP uKvQ1w9d5LsAskeqiObAyUmspXDM0yeV1tcQKXWzQHl0znMELy44llzPOB6qvPUghZjS xQR03oJpjKXD551S7vbLcNIOLzV4rKsHDDcH8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=rsLCN6X+QGdK+Qh/JSkXIv/MNzV73+3PCJCWAUJCgqK4LVi1cmngiM1K1C73e5QRPm jZwsU3FUgqnoZFe6QcA76vB7f1PyGdPF7YP7XvFfb6HqSxM8nXXtUeg4IWDl+2qo5tnN zDVnrKLb1cA9m0M2OfanFTCZgKLclm7qwxL8g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.124.17 with SMTP id s17mr612077far.79.1239946528039; Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:35:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <490628.66452.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <490628.66452.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:35:27 +0300 Message-ID: <991123400904162235j2035f740l5b79247026b86836@mail.gmail.com> From: Odhiambo Washington To: alydiomc@yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:35:30 -0000 On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 6:00 AM, lyd mc wrote: > Hi guys, > > Why Freebsd built-in vacation program (/usr/bin/vacation) does not auto > reply? > > I am using fresh installed Freebsd7.0 and 7.1. here is my configs. > > Under the home directory of the user (alydio.mc) > > .forward > \alydio.mc, "|/usr/bin/vacation alydio.mc" > > .vacation.msg > Subject: On vacation message > From: alydio.mc@mydomain.com > I'm on vacation and will not be reading my mail for a while. > Your mail will be dealt with when I return. > . > from postfix/sendmail logs: > > ...sniff > (delivered to command: /usr/bin/vacation alydio.mc) > > after this nothing will happened... no errors.... no warnings... > > However the one I installed from ports (/usr/local/bin/vacation) works > fine. > > > I want to use the freebsd base vacation program. Did you read the man page fully and understand it? Did you initialize the vacation database? Have you tried to run it in debug mode? Try RTFM again and see if you could figure out the problem yourself. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain