savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) (12/08/90)
does any one have a program to reply to the person who mails you when you are out of town, mentioning it? thanks -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bharat P. Savel EE Dept. e-mail : savel@engde001.unl.edu Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln Ph : (402) 477-9857
prg@mgweed.UUCP (Gunsul) (12/11/90)
In article <1990Dec07.192156.21904@hoss.unl.edu>, savel@hoss.unl.edu (Bharat P. Savel) writes: > > does any one have a program to reply to the person who mails you when > you are out of town, mentioning it? > > thanks > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bharat P. Savel > EE Dept. e-mail : savel@engde001.unl.edu > Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln Ph : (402) 477-9857 We have been using an "answering machine" program here for some time and have found no problems with it (originally written by Randy King here at Montgomery). I am posting the manual page, if you, or anyone else would like a copy please let me know. -- AT&T | This space | (708)-859-4485 Phil Gunsul | intentionally | att!mgweed!prg Montgomery, IL | left blank.. | AT&T Information Systems ============================================================================ AUTOMAIL(1) UNIX 5.0 (local) AUTOMAIL(1) NAME automail - automatic mail response SYNOPSIS automail (from runque or user cron) DESCRIPTION Automail answers your mail while you're gone. It saves mail sent to you in a safe place so that /usr/mail does not overflow. SETUP In your HOME directory, make a directory called "mail". You control the function of automail through files here, and your saved mail will be put in files here. The following lists the files, their format, and what you do with them. Ignores You create this file. In it, put the full path names of users or logins that you never want to reply to, one entry per line. Message You create this file. In it, put the canned message to be sent to people who send you mail. Your first line should have a "Subject: " line. Loguser Automail creates this file. Here is where the full-path names of people who have mailed to you are kept. Once a person has mailed to you and automail has replied, they will not get another response until this file is removed or their name is deleted from it. Logfile Automail creates this file. It is a list of who sent you mail, the time and date automail found it, and if "RESP" is on the line, then automail sent a response to that person. MMDDYY Automail creates this file. It is the actual mail that you received on a particular date. If you use Berkeley Mail or mailx, you would type Mail -f $HOME/mail/041585 to read mail sent to you on April 15, 1985. Note that the names of the files above all begin with uppercase letters. USE Have automail called from "runque" or user cron as often as you wish, or if you like you can call it directly by typing the command or as part of another shell script or program Page 1 (last mod. 4/18/85) AUTOMAIL(1) UNIX 5.0 (local) AUTOMAIL(1) CLEANUP When you return, disable your runque or user cron entry, then read your mail and dispose of the files. You should also remove Loguser and Logfile so that you're ready for the next time. EXAMPLES Ignores root uucp mgweed!uucp mgwess!mrs Message Subject: Sorry, I'm not here! I have received your mail on site mogul. I am out of the office for the week, but your mail has been saved and I will answer it when I get back. If all is well, you should not get this message again. Randy A Cron Entry * * * * * /usr/lbin/automail SEE ALSO Mail(1), mail(1), movemail(1) Page 2 (last mod. 4/18/85)