On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 06:49:51AM -0800, Randy Bush wrote:
> > vacation_reply:
> > driver = autoreply
> > file = ${home}/vacation.msg
> > file_expand
> > log = ${home}/vacation.log
> > once = ${home}/.vacation.db
> > from = vacation@???
> > to = $sender_address
> > subject = "Re: $h_subject"
> > text = "\
> > Dear $h_from\n\n\
> > This is an automatic reply. Feel free to send additional\n\
> > mail as only this one notice will be generated. The following\n\
> > is a prerecorded message, sent for ${local_part}@???\n\
> > =================================================================\n\
> > "
> >
> > And a Director looking like this...
> >
> > user_vacation:
> > driver = localuser
> > require_files = ${local_part}:${home}/vacation.msg
> > no_verify
> > transport = vacation_reply
> > unseen
>
> how does this prevent responding to the person who sends email to a
> mailing list to which you subscribe? i believe using $return_path as
> opposed to $sender_address will help. but i think one really wants
> to prevent response when the $return_path has 'owner' as a substring
> and other cruft.
>
> i am still watching for a very conservative vacation recipe.
>
> randy
Hi Randy,
it is just that this will not solve the problem. The sender does not receive
any Mail, because exim cannot open the db-file...
An Autoreply director without depending on the db-file works fine.
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