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Vacation allows for an autoreply email to be sent to every sender of every email received.  The sender only gets one vacation autoreply message, even if multiple messages are sent.  Emails coming from nefarious sources will also be sent an email.
Vacation allows for an autoreply email to be sent to every sender of every email received.  The sender only gets one vacation autoreply message, even if multiple messages are sent.  Emails coming from nefarious sources will also be sent an email.


Vacation needs to be manually activated and deactivated.
Vacation needs to be manually activated and deactivated, and as of March 20th 2025 can only be managed using the webmail interface at [https://webmail.cs.umbc.edu webmail.cs.umbc.edu].
 
If procmail is being used in the ~/.forward file, you have to use the setup shown at the [https://www.csee.umbc.edu/systems/index.php/SpamAssassin/ClamAV "Using with Vacation" section].


==Enable Vacation==
==Enable Vacation==
Log in to a CSEE UNIX system.
Edit ~/.vacation.msg and write your autoreply message.  Full email headers need to be included in the message (full headers, blank line, and then message body).  Here is an example:
From: johndoe@cs.umbc.edu (John Doe)
Subject: I am on vacation
I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
please contact Jane Doe <janedoe@cs.umbc.edu>.
--john


Initialize your vacation database with
[[File:Vacation.webm|1900px]]
vacation -i


Edit ~/.forward and make sure it only contains the following, replacing each username with your username
# Select the "Settings" gear icon.
\username, "|/usr/bin/vacation username"
# Choose "out of office."
# Edit the fields as you desire. Make sure you to change "status" to on.
# Select "save."


==Disable Vacation==
==Disable Vacation==
Either delete ~/.forward or return the .forward contents to what it was before changing it when enabling Vacation.
Do the same as above, but change "status" to off.

Latest revision as of 13:55, 14 March 2025

Vacation allows for an autoreply email to be sent to every sender of every email received. The sender only gets one vacation autoreply message, even if multiple messages are sent. Emails coming from nefarious sources will also be sent an email.

Vacation needs to be manually activated and deactivated, and as of March 20th 2025 can only be managed using the webmail interface at webmail.cs.umbc.edu.

Enable Vacation

Load video
Local File
  1. Select the "Settings" gear icon.
  2. Choose "out of office."
  3. Edit the fields as you desire. Make sure you to change "status" to on.
  4. Select "save."

Disable Vacation

Do the same as above, but change "status" to off.

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