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VACATION(1) VACATION(1)
NNAAMMEE
vvaaccaattiioonn - return ``I am not here'' indication
SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
vvaaccaattiioonn --ii [--rr _i_n_t_e_r_v_a_l] [--xx] vvaaccaattiioonn [--aa _a_l_i_a_s] [--ff
_d_a_t_a_b_a_s_e] [--mm _m_e_s_s_a_g_e] [--ss _a_d_d_r_e_s_s] [--zz] _l_o_g_i_n
DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
VVaaccaattiioonn returns a message to the sender of a message
telling them that you are currently not reading your mail.
The intended use is in a _._f_o_r_w_a_r_d file. For example, your
_._f_o_r_w_a_r_d file might have:
\eric, "|/usr/bin/vacation -a allman eric"
which would send messages to you (assuming your login name
was eric) and reply to any messages for ``eric'' or ``all-
man''.
Available options:
--aa _a_l_i_a_s
Handle messages for in the same manner as those
received for the user's login name.
--ff _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e
Use _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e as name of the database instead of
_~_/_._v_a_c_a_t_i_o_n_._d_b. Unless the _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e starts with /
it is relative to ~.
--ii Initialize the vacation database files. It should
be used before you modify your _._f_o_r_w_a_r_d file.
--mm _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e
Use _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e as name of the file containing the
message to send instead of _~_/_._v_a_c_a_t_i_o_n_._m_s_g. Unless
the _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e starts with / it is relative to ~.
--rr _i_n_t_e_r_v_a_l
Set the reply interval to _i_n_t_e_r_v_a_l days. The
default is one week. An interval of ``0'' or
``infinite'' (actually, any non-numeric character)
will never send more than one reply.
--ss _a_d_d_r_e_s_s
Use _a_d_d_r_e_s_s instead of the sender address in the
_F_r_o_m line to determine the reply address.
--xx reads an exclusion list from stdin (one address per
line). Mails coming from an address in this exclu-
sion list won't get a reply by vvaaccaattiioonn. It is
possible to exclude complete domains by specifying
``@domain'' as element of the exclusion list.
$Date: 2000/04/02 19:05:58 $ 1
VACATION(1) VACATION(1)
--zz Set the sender of the vacation message to ``<>''
instead of the user. This probably violates the
RFCs since vacation messages are not required by a
standards-track RFC to have a null reverse-path.
No message will be sent unless _l_o_g_i_n (or an _a_l_i_a_s supplied
using the --aa option) is part of either the ``To:'' or
``Cc:'' headers of the mail. No messages from
``???-REQUEST'', ``Postmaster'', ``UUCP'', ``MAILER'', or
``MAILER-DAEMON'' will be replied to (where these strings
are case insensitive) nor is a notification sent if a
``Precedence: bulk'' or ``Precedence: junk'' line is
included in the mail headers. The people who have sent
you messages are maintained as a db(3) database in the
file _._v_a_c_a_t_i_o_n_._d_b in your home directory.
VVaaccaattiioonn expects a file _._v_a_c_a_t_i_o_n_._m_s_g, in your home direc-
tory, containing a message to be sent back to each sender.
It should be an entire message (including headers). For
example, it might contain:
From: eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Allman)
Subject: I am on vacation
Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: The Vacation program
Precedence: bulk
I am on vacation until July 22. If you have something urgent,
please contact Keith Bostic <bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU>.
--eric
VVaaccaattiioonn reads the first line from the standard input for
a UNIX ``From'' line to determine the sender. Sendmail(8)
includes this ``From'' line automatically.
Fatal errors, such as calling vvaaccaattiioonn with incorrect
arguments, or with non-existent _l_o_g_i_ns, are logged in the
system log file, using syslog(8).
FFIILLEESS
~/.vacation.db database file
~/.vacation.msg message to send
SSEEEE AALLSSOO
sendmail(8), syslog(8)
HHIISSTTOORRYY
The vvaaccaattiioonn command appeared in 4.3BSD.
$Date: 2000/04/02 19:05:58 $ 2
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