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NAME

6       vacation - return ``I am on vacation'' indication
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SYNOPSIS

9       vacation -I
10       vacation user
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DESCRIPTION

13       Vacation  returns a message to the sender of a message telling that you
14       are on vacation.  The intended use is in a .forward file.  For example,
15       your .forward file might have:
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17            \eric, "|vacation eric"
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19       which  would  send  messages to you (assuming your login name was eric)
20       and send a message back to the sender.
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22       Vacation expects a file .vacation.msg in your home directory containing
23       a  message to be sent back to each sender.  It should be an entire mes‐
24       sage (including headers).  For example, it might say:
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26            From: eric@ucbmonet.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Allman)
27            Subject: I am on vacation
28            Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: the Vacation program
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30            I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
31            please contact Joe Kalash <kalash@ucbingres.Berkeley.EDU>.
32                 --eric
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34       This message will only be sent once a week to each unique sender.   The
35       people  who  have sent you messages are kept in the files .vacation.pag
36       and .vacation.dir in your home directory.  The  -I  option  initializes
37       these  files,  and  should  be executed before you modify your .forward
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40       If the -I flag is not specified, vacation reads the first line from the
41       standard  input for a UNIX-style ``From'' line to determine the sender.
42       If this is not present, a nasty diagnostic  is  produced.   Sendmail(8)
43       includes the ``From'' line automatically.
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45       No  message  is  sent  if the initial ``From'' line includes the string
46       ``-REQUEST@'' or if a ``Precedence: bulk'' or ``Precedence: junk'' line
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SEE ALSO

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