Re: [cobalt-users] Using vacation message for automated response

[baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Robbert Hamburg wrote:

> 
> 
> I think I have setup it something wrong cause I have no response when
> sending an email to the adress I activated to act as an auto responder.
> 
> The path given in the exlaniation.
> Create a directory inside the users directory to hold the autoresponder
>    text files.
>    ie: /home/sites/site1/users/ars001/ars/
> 4. Create your autoresponder text files in this directory, named according
>    to the alias name.
>    ie: /home/sites/site1/users/ars001/ars/info.txt
>        /home/sites/site1/users/ars001/ars/pricelist.txt
> Can be modified to your own needs ??? cause the ars dir is repeated in the
> .procmailrc file. But I did change that also.

Sure...the deal is that the autoresponder is a "user", so it can be named
whatever you want...as long as it's not a duplication of any other
system user name.

the /ars/info.txt could be anything...it's simply a directory and file
under the user ars001.

Pay special attention to the permission stuff...if it's not correct, the
thing won't work at all...has to do with the "sticky bit".

Create a new user which will be used just for autoresponders.
   ie: ars001   /home/sites/site1/users/ars001
   Change the permissions of this directory to 2711 (setting "sticky" bit
on)

then..later on in the message you received:

5. Copy the procmail recipe below into a file called .procmailrc in the 
   ars001 user directory.
   ie: /home/sites/site1/users/ars001/.procmailrc
   Change the permission of this file to 700

The first time I attempted it, I didn't have the permissions set
correctly, and ending up treating my self to much hair-pulling,
and whacking head with hand.


Thom

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