Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:07:06 -0700 (PDT) From: lyd mc <alydiomc@yahoo.com> To: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply Message-ID: <71678.93960.qm@web52209.mail.re2.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20090417085016.0243b2a8@mail.computinginnovations.com>
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hi derek, It is not also working on my sendmail. May be I overlooked some steps? step 1. login to user=20 # su alydio.mc step 2. initialize vacation db=20 $ vacation -i step 3. create .vacation.msg=20 =A0From: alydio.mc@mydomain.com =A0Subject: I am on vacation =A0Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: The Vacation program =A0Precedence: bulk =A0I am on vacation until....... step 4. create .forward \klyren, "|/usr/bin/vacation klyren" sendmail log Apr 20 08:21:08 MAIL sm-mta[18102]: n3K0L2Jl018092: to=3D"|/usr/bin/vacatio= n alydio.mc", ctladdr=3D<alydio.mc@mydomain> (1001/0), delay=3D00:00:05, xd= elay=3D00:00:00, mailer=3Dprog, pri=3D62458, dsn=3D2.0.0, stat=3DSent ...nothing follows... thanks alydiomc --- On Fri, 4/17/09, Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote: From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> Subject: Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply To: alydiomc@yahoo.com, "Odhiambo Washington" <odhiambo@gmail.com> Cc: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@ibctech.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 9:51 PM =20 At 07:27 AM 4/17/2009, lyd mc wrote: Thanks Odhiambo for your time. Actually i have a working vacation program=A0 from freebsd ports (/usr/ports/mail/vacation). I only wondering why the freebsd base vacation behave differently.... I still want freebsd base vacation... the one from ports is obsolete (as per its maintainer website) and sometime i need to edit its makefile for it to compile.... Thanks again. I think the base system vacation is the one that is part of sendmail.=A0 So using it with postfix as the MTA may be the issue.=A0 I have use the base vacation version flawlessly with sendmail. =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 -Derek --- On Fri, 4/17/09, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: From: Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply To: alydiomc@yahoo.com Cc: "Steve Bertrand" <steve@ibctech.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, April 17, 2009, 8:10 PM On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM, lyd mc <alydiomc@yahoo.com> wrote: hi, I don't know how to run it in debug mode.... I already try this one..... #/usr/bin/vacation -d alydio.mc but nothing happened... no logs in /var/log/message and /var/log/maillog pertaining to vacation. Okay. I think you need to look again at your MTA logs. Not being an expert with Postfix, I am not sure I can help with it anyway. --=20 Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _=20 "Clothes make the man.=A0 Naked people have little or no influence on society." =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 -- Mark Twain _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.=20 --=20 This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. =0A=0A=0A
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