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Subject: Re: ??: vacation solution
From: Liviu Daia (Liviu.Daiaimar.ro)
Date: Fri Jun 30 2000 - 02:02:58 CDT

On 29 June 2000, Michael H. Warfield <mhwwittsend.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 03:33:13PM -0700, Tom Spindler wrote:
> > > username: username, "|/usr/bin/vacation username"
>
> > > But I think /usr/bin/vacation NEEDS a homedire to save it's
> > > database and other stuff. Tricky. Anybody out there knowing a
> > > better solution?
>
> > I've written a home-brewed vacation replacement I call holiday(1);
> > it was written for our mail server that users have POP and web
> > access to, but no login privs. It stores both the received-message
> > Froms and the alias db in Berkeley DB files.
>
> Hmmm... Homebrewed vacation programs are some of my bigest
> headaches running mailing lists... Let's see if you met most of the
> standard requirements...
>
> 1) No replies to any message with precedence "bulk" or "list".

    Or "junk".

> 2) No replies to any specific address more than once.
>
> 3) No replies to any auto-responder (another vacation program).
>
> 4) No replies to DSN (Delivery Status Notifications - AKA RSVP).
>
> 5) No replies to postmaster, mailer-daemon, or other error
> reporting.
>
> 6) All replies contain information identifying the message it is
> responding to like a fragment of the text or subject. (You just have
> to love the messages from "vacation-daemon" that says "I've received
> your message and will read it later" and leave you with no clue who it
> was or what message).
[...]

    7) Check for loops.

    8) Add a "Precedence: junk" header (so that other vacation programs
won't reply to you).

    Regards,

    Liviu Daia 

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