vacation(1)                (Essential Utilities)                vacation(1)


   NAME
         vacation - automatically respond to incoming mail messages.

   SYNOPSIS
         vacation [-l logfile] [-m mailfile] [-M canned_msg_file] [-F
         failsafe]

   DESCRIPTION
         When a new mail message arrives, the mail command first checks if the
         recipient's mailbox indicates that the message is to be forwarded
         elsewhere (to some other recipient or as the input to some command).
         vacation is used to set up forwarding on the user's mailbox so that
         the new message is saved into an alternative mailbox and a canned
         response is sent to the message's originator.

         Command-line options are:

         -l logfile  File to keep track of which originators have already seen
                     the canned response.  If not specified, it defaults to
                     $HOME/.maillog.
         -m mailfile Alternate mailbox to save new messages into.  If not
                     specified, it defaults to $HOME/.mailfile.
         -M canned_msg_file
                     File to send back as the canned response.  If
                     canned_msg_file is not specified, it defaults to
                     /usr/lib/mail/stdvacmsg, which contains:
                      Subject: AUTOANSWERED!!!

                      I am on vacation. I will read (and answer if necessary)
                      your e-mail message when I return.

                      This message was generated automatically and you will
                      receive it only once, although all messages you send
                      me while I am away WILL be saved.

         -F failsafe If mail has troubles delivering to the mailfile
                     specified, it may optionally be forwarded to another
                     login id (failsafe) instead of being returned to the
                     sender.

         -d          The log file will have the day's date appended.

         To remove the vacation functionality, use
                     mail -F ""

   FILES
         /tmp/notif*                   temporary file
         /usr/share/lib/mail/stdvacmsg
                                       default canned response




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         /var/mail/*                   users' standard mailboxes
         /usr/lib/mail/vacation2       program that actually sends back the
                                       canned response

   SEE ALSO
         mail(1)
         User's Guide.

   NOTES
         Because vacation uses the ``Forward to |command'' facility of mail to
         implement notifications, /var/mail/username should not be specified
         as the place to put newly arrived messages via the -m invocation
         option.  The mail command uses /var/mail/username to hold either mail
         messages, or indications of mail forwarding, but not both
         simultaneously.






































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