From: Arne Hoffmann (arneadmin-box.com)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2006 - 01:08:03 CDT

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* mouss wrote:
> Tony Stocker wrote:
> >Does anyone know of a way to do this when the mail accounts are
> >virtual users and thus you can't put .forward files in place?

A maildrop script or Cyrus + Sieve.

Also have a look at: http://www.postfix.org/addon.html#autoreply

> An alternative is to use call the vacation program from maildrop (or
> procmail).

Do you have an example for this? (I'm asking because all the vacation
implementations I know want a unix account.)

> But make sure your vacation setup obeys "best practices" (google for the
> corresponding RFC).

[RFC3834] Moore, K., "Recommendations for Automatic Responses to
              Electronic Mail", RFC 3834, August 2004.

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