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<code> <code>
-/jdoe+\jdoe
John Doe <jdoe@hotmail.com> John Doe <jdoe@hotmail.com>
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==== Vacation Message ==== ==== Vacation Message ====
-Do you want to send an auto-reply to who-ever is sending you email? Using procmail you can set up an auto-reply with a vacation message of your choosing. Here's how to set it up:+Do you want to send an auto-reply to who-ever is sending you email? Using procmail you can set up an auto-reply with a vacation message of your choosing. It will only send one reply for any particular user ((this is done using a vacation.cache file that stores email addresses that received your vacation message, they won't be emailed a second time)). 
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 +Here's how to set it up:
  * Create a .vacation message/file (chmod 644 .vacation)   * Create a .vacation message/file (chmod 644 .vacation)
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The .vacation file is a plain text file that contains the vacation message that will be sent to the sender. The .vacation file is a plain text file that contains the vacation message that will be sent to the sender.
-Here is the .procmailrc file:+Here is the .procmailrc file (you can cut and paste it) ((Make sure to replace any references to hsimpson with your SCS account name)):
<code> <code>
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| (formail -rA"Precedence: junk" \ | (formail -rA"Precedence: junk" \
  -A"X-Loop: hsimpson@scs.carleton.ca" ; \   -A"X-Loop: hsimpson@scs.carleton.ca" ; \
-cat $HOME/.vacation.message; \+cat $HOME/.vacation; \
echo ""; \ echo ""; \
echo "-- "; cat $HOME/.signature \ echo "-- "; cat $HOME/.signature \
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</code> </code>
-Make sure to replace hsimpson with your SCS account name.+ 
 +To disable the vacation message rename the .procmailrc file.
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