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In article <1993Jan7.212755.8073@itsmail1.hamilton.edu> fprice@hamilton.edu (Frank Price) writes:
} Rumor has it that it is possible to have a message sent automatically in
} response to incoming mail.  For example: "I'm on vacation out of town
} until the 23rd."
} I couldn't find anything in either the man pages or the Elm manual.
} Could someone tell me if this is possible and if so, how to do it?
} 
That's not a rumor.  You must have an MTA that supports mail-to-pipe.
Examples of such an MTA are: sendmail, smail3, etc.  Using sendmail for
example, create a ".forward" file in your home directory that has this:

\fprice, "|/usr/ucb/vacation -a price fprice"

This will put mail in your main mail box and send a copy to the vacation
program which does the automagic response thing.  "vacation" is available
at your favorite anonftp site if you don't already have it.

} A related question: how to have mail automatically forwarded somewhere
} else?
} 
Create a ".forward" file in your home directory that has this:

frank@my.home.machine

Or whatever, you get the idea.

DAS
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