From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 08:05:12 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 CE3C5106566C for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:05:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f167.google.com (mail-fx0-f167.google.com [209.85.220.167]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5645B8FC0A for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:05:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from odhiambo@gmail.com) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so777430fxm.43 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:05:11 -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=uMCsQ2zmkAMPXpaLbsvNiAZiDHrAKkN0ICndFlFPmCE=; b=bvllNmhjkAv+Yq5l3o7oPd0VSE20xPv4GX/tPMECiD+R9bOqA2h8+IKvZwwJ/K4MNt TDhoZOvSGnGg11mo2ueRQDyYnHIdrZWQeeSvPEGrGlQUc+205OJ9anUL7n1eurUkeyyZ KRC2lUjafZXgO8GMsJBZFLkdzikakwp3PVP7E= 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=JD4w1AHyt/BE96g6BcM+3oA/6rAwLtXVFrloq0554gvDJgqIUz0YlHNpFydiKZtB9Z GVcR6lViKgX2oUQR7ww8mI5TBwCX0YBK1hIcj+gsgTyEphmM6fEJw+2Vo7BL7hDsozAN 6b/obQfazRYq/JgT5fQ7HFzT3tlx4vS1DTQFw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.115.135 with SMTP id i7mr2005162bkq.178.1239955510806; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:05:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49E830B0.6020707@ibctech.ca> References: <490628.66452.qm@web52201.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <991123400904162235j2035f740l5b79247026b86836@mail.gmail.com> <49E830B0.6020707@ibctech.ca> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:05:10 +0300 Message-ID: <991123400904170105t1fbc6ed3gbe5dc098318ba8c4@mail.gmail.com> From: Odhiambo Washington To: Steve Bertrand Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: alydiomc@yahoo.com, 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 08:05:13 -0000 On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Odhiambo Washington wrote: > > 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. > > Wow... wait a sec... > > I recall years ago having to deal with 'vacation' messages along with > sendmail, and with thousands of users, I hated doing it manually. > Perhaps a ``how I do it'' is warranted here. > > It is quite apparent that the OP has RTFM, _and_ tried to work it out > for himself... I was waiting for the OP to say that he actually did run `vacation -i` first, as that is a requirement. Of course he can also run with -d and watch the logs for clues. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain