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From: Jonathon Doran <doranj@Colorado.EDU>
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In-Reply-To: <37796A82.472E98E@stlinux.ouhk.edu.hk> from "peter kok" at Jun 30, 99 08:53:22 am
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> how do i set auto reply mail when i am out of town

run "vacation -I" to initialize the vacation database.

next, add the following to ~/.forward:
	\jon "|vacation jon"

substituting "jon" with your account name.

You can place an outgoing message in ~/.vacation.msg if you don't want
the default.

Note that this mechanism can be used to pipe mail to arbitrary programs
in addition to "vacation".

Jon Doran


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