vacation(1) — AIX PS/2 1.2.1



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vacation



PURPOSE

Returns "I am on vacation" indication.

SYNTAX


vacation --- -I ---|

vacation --- user ---|


DESCRIPTION

The vacation command returns a message to the sender of a message telling that
you are on vacation.  The intended use is in a .forward file.  For example,
your .forward file might have:

  \eric, "|vacation eric"

which would send messages to you (assuming your login name was eric) and send a
message back to the sender.

The vacation command expects a file .vacation.msg in your home directory
containing a message to be sent back to each sender.  It should be an entire
message (including headers).  For example, it might say:

  From: eric@ucbmonet.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Allman)
  Subject: I am on vacation
  Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: the Vacation program

  I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
  please contact Joe Kalash <kalash@ucbingres.Berkeley.EDU>.
      --eric

This message is only sent once a week to each unique sender.  The people who
have sent you messages are kept in the files .vacation.pag and .vacation.dir in
your home directory.  The -I option initializes these files, and should be
executed before you modify your .forward file.

If the -I flag is not specified, vacation reads the first line from the
standard input for a UNIX-style "From" line to determine the sender.  If this
is not present, a nasty diagnostic is produced.  sendmail includes the "From"
line automatically.






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No message is sent if the initial "From" line includes the string "-REQUEST@"
or if a "Precedence: bulk" or "Precedence: junk" line is included in the
header.

RELATED INFORMATION

See the following command:  "sendmail, mailq, newaliases."
















































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