From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 4 05:43:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA16207 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 05:43:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com (root@horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id FAA16202 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 05:43:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA19033; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 07:42:46 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199702041342.HAA19033@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: [freebsd] Automatic Reply (Vacation) To: acorreia@marlin.com.br (Alexsandro D. F. Correia) Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 07:42:46 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Alexsandro D. F. Correia" at "Feb 4, 97 09:01:39 am" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Alexsandro D. F. Correia said: > > Dear Sirs, > > I'm trying to set an automatic reply here using the VACATION command. > > I created the files .forward and .vacation.msg, as described in the > "man pages". > > The problem is that the reply is not working. My sendmail gives me this > error : > > 554 "| /usr/bin/vacation -a alexte"... unknown mailer error 1 > > Here is my .forward file. > > \alexte, "|/usr/bin/vacation -a alexte " Vacation requires a login, the -a option takes an alias. Remove the -a and you should be fine. -- "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." --Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil in 1859.