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What is the "vacation" feature?
When you are going to be away for an extended period of time, it
is a good idea to set up a 'vacation message' which tells people
you will not be able to read their messages for a while. You will still
receive their mail, though.
If you are going abroad or you have another account that you will be
using in your absence, you can combine this feature with the
forward feature.
Using Account Services to set up vacation message
- Log on to Account Services website.
- Choose "Vacation messages" link from the left column menu.
Using shell access to set up vacation message
To set the vacation feature, type settings at the
[MAIN MENU] prompt. You will then
see something like the following:
>>>> ISC Networking Email Electronic Mail System <<<<
Your address: pennuser@pobox.upenn.edu Vacation: OFF
------------------------------[ SETTINGS MENU ]--------------------------------
passwd - Change password for pennuser@pobox.upenn.edu
menus on|off [ON ] - Enable or disable menus at logon
forward on|off [OFF] - Enable or disable mail forwarding
vacation on|off|edit [OFF] - Enable, disable, or change vacation message
signature on|off|edit [OFF] - Enable, disable, or change automatic signature
termtype [vt220] - Set the type of terminal
help - Enter HELP for information on this server
main - Return to main menu
logout - End this session on this server
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Use '<command> on' to enable a setting, '<command> off' to disable it,
and '<command> edit' to change the text associated with a setting.
Enter a menu command, or press enter to display the settings menu
At the prompt, type in vacation on. You will then be taken to the
pico editor where you can edit the
text of the outgoing response.
Do not change the Precedence: bulk line, but you may alter all others.
When finished, press ctrl-x (to finish). This message will
now be sent to anyone who sends you mail.
To disable the automatic response, at the
[SETTINGS MENU], simply type in vacation off.
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