Maintain Vacation replies: Difference between revisions

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==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.

Revision as of 13:18, 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.

If procmail is being used in the ~/.forward file, you have to use the setup shown at the "Using with Vacation" section.

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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