| To have a sender receive an automatic reply when sending you an email, in order to let them know you are out of town or something similar, complete the following steps: |
1. Using telnet or SSH, log in to the server 'scc.net'
2. At the command prompt, type: vacation -i
3. You will now need to create the file '.vacation.msg' on the server, which should look something like this:
From: you@yourdomain.com (Your Name)
Subject: I am currently on vacation
I am lucky and get to be outside of the office for the next
week. All email will be read upon my return, if it is an emergency
you can contact me at 555-5555.
You can include any text in the .vacation.msg file so long as it begins
with the From: and Subject: mail headers. After that the text is entirely
up to you.4. Finally, create the file '.forward' in your home directory if it does not already exist and insert the following:
username, "|/usr/bin/vacation username"'username' is the first part of your email address before the @ symbol. This file will then leave a copy of the message for you to retrieve later while also telling the vacation program to send the previously created message in .vacation.msg to the person who sent you an email.
5. When you wish to turn off this auto responder, either move or delete the .forward file. At that point all incoming email will just go to your inbox on our server waiting to be downloaded, and your auto reply message will not be sent out.
