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From: gamin@ireq-robot.UUCP (Martin Boyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Please help --
Message-ID: <117@pellan.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 90 20:49:35 GMT
References: <25204@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: gamin@ireq-robot.UUCP (Martin Boyer)
Organization: Laboratoire de robotique, Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec
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In article <25204@ut-emx.UUCP> mariou@ut-emx.UUCP (c) writes:
>
>We have Sun0S.4.0.3 in our lab.  I am trying to use
>the vacation program with no success.

I had the same problem; it had to do with sender addresses and sendmail
(I think).  Anyways, here's my solution:

1. Use the vacation program to set up the database of replies.

2. Modify the created .forward file to include the vacation `-j' flag;
   as in:

\gamin, "|/usr/ucb/vacation -j gamin"

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Martin Boyer                         ireq-robot!mboyer@Larry.McRCIM.McGILL.EDU
Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec mboyer@ireq-robot.uucp
Varennes, QC, Canada   J3X 1S1
+1 514 652-8136