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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 20:06:22 -0500 (EST)
From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com>
To: Jeffrey Wheat <jeff@tad.cetlink.net>
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Subject: Re: autoreply? howto?
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I don't know about sendmail & auto replys, I use procmail for
auto replys. You'll have to readup on procmail for the details, but
basically you write a recipe to read the subject line:
------
:0 cfh
* !^X-Loop: jbarrm@panix.com
* ^Subject:.*retrieve dinner_menu
| formail -r -A"X-Loop: jbarrm@panix.com"

	:0 A
	| (cat ; cat dinner_menu) | $SENDMAIL -oi -t
-------

Its fairly easy to set up.

Barry Masterson
jbarrm@panix.com
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On Thu, 8 Feb 1996, Jeffrey Wheat wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 	I'm sure this is a dumb question, but I'll ask anyhow... How do I
> set up sendmail to automatically email a response to a user? I want to be 
> able to send mail to somealias@myhost.com and have it send a text file back
> to the sender. Any help appreciated.
> 
> -jeff
>