Re: [cobalt-users] Intro and RaQ3 Q's

[Dom Latter <qube@xxxxxxx>]

Jeff Lasman wrote:
> 
> When I check the /etc/aliases file to see what's happening, the vacation
> checkbox has changed a line to the /etc/aliases file; it's turned
>    username: forwardedtoname@xxxxxxxxxx
> to:
>    username: "|/usr/local/sbin/vacation.pl /var/vacation/username.msg
>    username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx", \username, forwardedtoname@xxxxxxxxxx
> (the above all on one line).  So what it has done is to add a perl program
> (/usr/local/sbin/vacation.pl) to the aliases; that's the program that sends
> the vacation message AND it's added the "username".  Strange behavior, and
> I don't like it adding username (I don't like the username mailbox filling
> up, since I don't ever check mail there) but at least understandable if not
> reasonable.

It's a bug.  The expectation of course is that if you are doing mail 
forwarding then you would run the vacation program on the forwarded
address's server.