On Fri, 24 Sep 2004, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote:
> uservacation_transport:
> driver = autoreply
> group = mail
> once = /var/mail/${local_part}/vacation.db
> # to use a flat file instead of a db specify once_file_size
> once_file_size = 100K
> once_repeat = ${lookup mysql{SELECT user_res.period FROM user_res LEFT JOIN
> user ON user.id=user_res.id WHERE user.login='${local_part}'}}
>
> user_res.period is a text field which contains strings like 0s, 3d and so one.
>
> My problem is that even when lookup yields ,,0s'' then reply isn't sent every
> time - just first one.
0s means "never repeat". The manual states this:
However, if "once_repeat" specifies a time greater than zero, the
message is sent if that much time has elapsed since a message was
last sent to this recipient.
Have you tried something like 1s?
> The other is a question: is vacation.db format safe for dynamicly changing
> once_repeat value? For example it's 1d, first email arrives from address X,
> reply is sent, second email arrives from X immediately, reply is not sent,
> now once_repeat is changed to 0s, third email arrives from X - will there be
> reply sent?
The once_repeat value is not remembered. What is remembered is when the
last message was sent. When the next message arrives, the once_repeat
value is expanded and, if it is greater than zero, and that much time
has elapsed, a new message is sent. But it must be greater than zero.
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