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Date:      Tue, 4 Feb 1997 07:42:46 -0600 (CST)
From:      "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com>
To:        acorreia@marlin.com.br (Alexsandro D. F. Correia)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [freebsd] Automatic Reply  (Vacation)
Message-ID:  <199702041342.HAA19033@horton.iaces.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970204085742.20146D-100000@blue.marlin.com.br> from "Alexsandro D. F. Correia" at "Feb 4, 97 09:01:39 am"

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In a previous message, Alexsandro D. F. Correia said:
> 
> Dear Sirs,
> 
> 	I'm trying to set an automatic reply here using the VACATION command.
> 
> I created the files .forward and .vacation.msg, as described in the 
> "man pages".
> 
> The problem is that the reply is not working. My sendmail gives me this 
> error :
> 
> 554 "| /usr/bin/vacation -a alexte"... unknown mailer error 1
> 
> Here is my .forward file.
> 
> \alexte, "|/usr/bin/vacation -a alexte "

Vacation requires a login, the -a option takes an alias. Remove the -a
and you should be fine.

-- 
"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? 
You're crazy." --Drillers who Edwin L. Drake tried to enlist to his 
project to drill for oil in 1859.



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