[KLUG Members] Mail Feature

Bruce Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:28:04 -0400


> >We currently use a commercial mail application.  One of the features we would
> >like to keep would be to be able to have an auto-response feature for when
> >people are on vacation.  This is currently something the users request of the
> >admin.  Is there a method to do this with sendmail? (or some other software in
> >linux?)
> 
> It is very easy to do this on a user-by-user basis with procmail. 

Please educate your users to use that vacation "feature" wisely.
Especially if they are signed up to mailing lists.

It's very annoying to get an email "I'm on vacation" email sent to
a mailing list in reply to every legitimate message sent to the list.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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