vacation(1BSD)       (BSD System Compatibility)       vacation(1BSD)


       NAME
             vacation - (BSD) reply to mail automatically

       SYNOPSIS
             /usr/ucb/vacation [-I]
             /usr/ucb/vacation [-j] [-aalias] [-tN] username

       DESCRIPTION
             vacation automatically replies to incoming mail.  The reply is
             contained in the file .vacation.msg, that you create in your
             home directory.

             This file should include a header with at least a `Subject:'
             line (it should not include a `From:' or a `To:' line).  For
             example:
                   Subject: I am on vacation
                   I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
                   please contact Joe Jones (jones@f40).
                         --John

             If the string $SUBJECT appears in the .vacation.msg file, it
             is replaced with the subject of the original message when the
             reply is sent; thus, a .vacation.msg file such as
                   Subject: I am on vacation
                   I am on vacation until July 22.
                   Your mail regarding "$SUBJECT" will be read when I return.
                   If you have something urgent, please contact
                   Joe Jones (jones@f40).
                         --John

             will include the subject of the message in the reply.

             No message is sent if the `To:' or the `Cc:' line does not
             list the user to whom the original message was sent or one of
             a number of aliases for them, if the initial From line
             includes the string -REQUEST@, or if a `Precedence: bulk' or
             `Precedence: junk' line is included in the header.

             The following options are available:

             -I   Initialize the .vacation.pag and .vacation.dir files and
                  start /usr/ucb/vacation.

             If the -I flag is not specified, and a user argument is given,
             /usr/ucb/vacation reads the first line from the standard input
             (for a `From:' line, no colon).  If absent, it produces an


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            error message.  The following options may be specified:

            -aalias
                 Indicate that alias is one of the valid aliases for the
                 user running /usr/ucb/vacation, so that mail addressed to
                 that alias generates a reply.

            -j   Do not check whether the recipient appears in the `To:'
                 or the `Cc:' line.

            -tN  Change the interval between repeat replies to the same
                 sender.  The default is 1 week.  A trailing s, m, h, d,
                 or w scales N to seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks
                 respectively.

      USAGE
            To start /usr/ucb/vacation, create a .forward file in your
            home directory containing a line of the form:
                  \username, "|/usr/ucb/vacation username"

            where username is your login name.  username is derived from
            the USER environment variable if it is set, otherwise, the
            LOGNAME environment variable is used.

            Then type in the command:
                  /usr/ucb/vacation -I

            To stop /usr/ucb/vacation, remove the .forward file, or move
            it to a new name.

            If /usr/ucb/vacation is run with no arguments, it will permit
            you to interactively turn /usr/ucb/vacation on or off.  It
            will create a .vacation.msg file for you, or edit an existing
            one, using the editor specified by the VISUAL or EDITOR
            environment variable, or vi(1) if neither of those environment
            variables are set.  If a .forward file is present in your home
            directory, it will ask whether you want to remove it and turn
            off /usr/ucb/vacation.  If it is not present in your home
            directory, it creates it for you, and automatically performs a
            `/usr/ucb/vacation -I' function, turning on /usr/ucb/vacation.

      FILES
            ~/.forward
            ~/.vacation.mesg




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             A list of senders is kept in the files .vacation.pag and
             .vacation.dir in your home directory.

       REFERENCES
             sendmail(1M_BSD), vi(1)











































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