Re: [cobalt-developers] Autoresponders / Forwards

[Kul <WebMaster@xxxxxxx>]

baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Jorge Ceballos wrote:
>
> >  The list - as far as I understand - is to help to solve some problems, not
> > to solve anybody's lack of will to read the most basic manual or to say the
> > least, to open Cobalt's GUI and explore it.
>
> I believe that if you do either of the steps above, you will not find
> anything about autoresponders.  If you search the archives you might find
> the one reference that tells you how to do it "The Cobalt Way", but the
> post has instructions what will not work correctly.
>
> So, after getting the obligatory "Look at the GUI", "read the manual",
> "Check the Knowledge Base" advise, which was no help, I figured out how to
> do it, and set up an autoresponder, procmail receipes and .forward files
> that work on a RaQ3 and 4.
>
> Anyone who needs the information can email procraq@xxxxxxxxxxxx and get
> the information.
>
> Thom
>

I concurr with Thom, here,
You wont find much in the list for this one, coz either nobody else has found an easy way to solve this, or they are keeping it close to their chest.
But .procmailrc sound the best way to go, I resorted to this on my raq3, and it works quite nicely, but setting up thousands may be a real pain !  <g>  I wouldn't envy you that little weekend job !
There is plenty of stuff out there on procmail (http://www.procmail.org.) and formail, which are the two likely areas you'll end up, and much of it you'll be able to cut-n-paste probably !  (unless you are already a procmail wizard!)
Other than that, I wouldn't know about setting up on a raq4, but on a 3 was a pain, required 2711 chmod's on the users dir to get it wo work and safely !
Hopefull the raq4 will/ is easier to get procmail running !

Good luck!
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Regards,
Kul