Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:40:49 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: alydiomc@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20090421063731.025b5ed8@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <381117.18175.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <381117.18175.qm@web52212.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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At 08:16 PM 4/19/2009, lyd mc wrote:
>Hi derek,
>
>Correction on step 4, it should be:
>
>\alydio.mc, "|/usr/bin/vacation alydio.mc"
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>thanks,
>
>alyd
>
>
>--- On Mon, 4/20/09, lyd mc <alydiomc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>From: lyd mc <alydiomc@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Freebsd Built-in vacation program does not auto reply
>To: "Derek Ragona" <derek@computinginnovations.com>
>Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 9:07 AM
>
>hi derek,
>
>It is not also working on my sendmail.
>
>May be I overlooked some steps?
>
>step 1. login to user
># su alydio.mc
>
>step 2. initialize vacation db
>$ vacation -i
>
>step 3. create .vacation.msg
>
> From: alydio.mc@mydomain.com
> Subject: I am on vacation
> Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: The Vacation program
> Precedence: bulk
>
> I 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="|/usr/bin/vacation
>alydio.mc", ctladdr=<alydio.mc@mydomain> (1001/0), delay=00:00:05,
>xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=62458, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
>
>...nothing follows...
>
>thanks
>alydiomc
In the log entry above, I see:
ctladdr=<alydio.mc@mydomain>
I suspect this is NOT a deliverable address but that depends on how you
have mydomain resolving.
Also you might want to try using a user account without a period in the
name. The period may be causing a silent parsing problem for sendmail and
vacation.
-Derek
>--- 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
>
>
>
>At 07:27 AM 4/17/2009, lyd mc wrote:
>
>Thanks Odhiambo for your
>time.
>
>
>Actually i have a working vacation program 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.
>
>
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>
>
>I think the base system vacation is the one that is part of
>sendmail. So using it with postfix as the MTA may be the
>issue. I have use the base vacation version flawlessly with
>sendmail.
>
>
> -Derek
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>--- 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
>
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>On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:47 PM, lyd mc <alydiomc@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
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>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.
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>--
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>Best regards,
>
>
>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>
>Nairobi,KE
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