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services:scs_email [2010/05/04 11:30] admin |
services:scs_email [2012/09/12 16:06] (current) admin |
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| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | /jdoe | + | \jdoe |
| John Doe <jdoe@hotmail.com> | John Doe <jdoe@hotmail.com> | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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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 any references to hsimpson with your SCS account name in the above file (.procmailrc). | ||
| To disable the vacation message rename the .procmailrc file. | To disable the vacation message rename the .procmailrc file. | ||