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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Hanover.Germany.EU.net!Hamburg.Germany.EU.net!nuki.NetUSE.de!Kiel.Germany.EU.net!tpki.toppoint.de!mistral!not-for-mail From: kai@mistral.toppoint.de (Kai Voigt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Mail Answering Program? (info@system.com?) Date: 3 Dec 1995 14:00:08 +0100 Organization: Gottes eigenes Newssystem: INN Lines: 33 Message-ID: <49s70o$emc@mistral.toppoint.de> References: <dhawkDIz5Gu.8L6@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mistral.toppoint.de X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #5 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:9697 comp.unix.questions:73487 dhawk@netcom.com (David H) writes: >Is there a program for FreeBSD that can be set up in /etc/aliases >to answer requests for information (like email to info@netcom.com)? You will need a program alias in your aliases file, like info: |/usr/local/bin/sendinfo Then run "newaliases" and create the /usr/local/bin/sendinfo program which could look like this: #!/bin/sh # get From-Address from received mail FROM=`grep "^From: "` # create mail and send it off (echo "From: info@my.machine" echo "To: $FROM" echo "Subject: automatic reply to your info request" echo "" cat /usr/local/lib/info-file-to-sent.txt) | /usr/libexec/sendmail -t I didn't verify that this works but you should have gotten an idea. BTW, this is a general Unix topic, so you should post such articles to comp.unix.questions or something. Kai -- Kai Voigt, Werftstrasse 2, 24148 Kiel, Germany, +49 431 7209309 ``Für die einen ist es ein ganz normales ISC mit NetGW X.25 Software, für die anderen die miserabelste IP-Implementierung des ausgehenden 20. Jahrhunderts...'' - ingo@ipge.toppoint.de (Ingo Prochaska)