Re: [cobalt-users] [cobalt-developers] Auto Responders

[Webmaster <webmaster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mista,

when you create a new program for sendmail it should sit under
the sendmail's own bin directory; which is /usr/adm/sm.bin/

Go to /usr/adm/sm.bin/
and make a soft link to /usr/local/sbin/freemail.pl


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Babu P. Yogarajah

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At 01:10 19/06/00 EDT, you wrote:
>Hi, as most of you know, the raq3 come with an auto responder. In my aliases 
>file i have a line like:
>freemail:  "|/usr/local/sbin/vacation.pl /home/sites/mes.txt 
>avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", \freemail
>and if i send mail to this account, it works (sends to a pop account and i 
>get an autoresponder).
>Now, if i copy vacation.pl to freemail.pl, and write in aliases:
>freemail:  "|/usr/local/sbin/freemail.pl /home/sites/mes.txt 
>avi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx", \freemail
>then goto telnet and type newaliases
>if i write an email to that address, the email goes to a pop account 
>(freemail) as it should, but i then get an email error instead of the 
>auto-responder:
>----- Transcript of session follows -----
>sh: freemail.pl not available for sendmail programs
>554 "|/usr/local/sbin/freemail.pl /home/sites/mes.txt avi@xxxxxxxxxx"... 
>Service unavailable
>
>Does anyone know why? I copied the file EXACTLY same permission owner, 
>etc.... Please help?? what does freemail.pl not available for sendmail 
>programs mean? Is there  a file i must edit?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Mista B.
>