brooks@sundance7.dab.ge.com (Stephen Brooks) (05/16/91)
Anyone have any suggestions on how (if possible) to use both "filter" and a "vacation" (or equivalent) program? What should the .forward file look like? With "filter", the .forward file looks like this: "| /util/bin/filter -o /usr/users/brooks/.elm/filter_errors" I currently let "filter" save mail messages from a couple of mailing lists to the appropriate folders. However, I don't need "vacation" to send the mailing lists a response that I'm on vacation. Anyone done this (use "filter" and a vacation program at the same time)? Any hints/tips/etc. would be appreciated. -- %% Stephen (Steve) M. Brooks %% brooks@ge-dab.ge.com %% %% GE Simulation & Control Systems %% ...!uunet!ge-dab.ge.com!brooks %% %% P.O. Box 2825, Rm. 1370 %% ...!uunet!sunny.dab.ge.com!brooks %% %% Daytona Beach, FL 32115-2825 %% voice: (904) 239-4855 %%
itkin@mrspoc.Transact.COM (Steven M. List) (05/16/91)
brooks@sundance7.dab.ge.com (Stephen Brooks) writes: > Anyone have any suggestions on how (if possible) to use both "filter" and >a "vacation" (or equivalent) program? What should the .forward file look >like? With "filter", the .forward file looks like this: > >"| /util/bin/filter -o /usr/users/brooks/.elm/filter_errors" > >I currently let "filter" save mail messages from a couple of mailing lists >to the appropriate folders. However, I don't need "vacation" to send the >mailing lists a response that I'm on vacation. > >Anyone done this (use "filter" and a vacation program at the same time)? >Any hints/tips/etc. would be appreciated. I'm about to try this. My assumption is that Elm's arepdaemon actually doesn't see the messages until they're added to my mailbox. So if I catch them with a filter rule (which I've changed from "savecopy" to "save" while I'm gone), then only those messages that get put into my mailbox will be autoreplied to. And I've set up a crontab entry to run "filter -sc" periodically so that I'll be sent a count of what messages have been stored in my various mailboxes while I'm gone. Anyone got any comments on my scheme? Like if arepdaemon doesn't do what I think? -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ : Steven List @ Transact Software, Inc. :^>~ : : Chairman, Unify User Group of Northern California : : itkin@Transact.COM :