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- From: gibanez@dcc.uchile.cl (Gabriel Ibanez C.)
- Subject: Re: Mail robot wanted
- Originator: gibanez@dcc.uchile.cl
- Sender: usenet@dcc.uchile.cl (Network News)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.140618.29759@dcc.uchile.cl>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:06:18 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.184906.44756@dcc.uchile.cl> <1992Dec15.162818.15831@dcc.uchile.cl> <Dec.16.07.41.34.1992.28808@gnumath.rutgers.edu>
- Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion
- Keywords: robot, rule-based filter, email
- Lines: 30
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- In article <Dec.16.07.41.34.1992.28808@gnumath.rutgers.edu> lukeh@gnumath.rutgers.edu (Luke Higgins) writes:
- >
- >Does anyone know of a "smarter" mail robot than say, VACATION ? One
- >that can tell who has sent a message and send user specific replies,
- >or no replies at all. I guess I would like to have something similar
- >to call screening with an answering machine. Any and all help would be
- >greatly appreciated! Thank You.
- >
- >Luke Higgins
- >lukeh@gnumath.rutgers.edu
- >
- >(as an example, if you are on a mailing list and you are going to be
- >out of town, you better not invoke VACATION or you will post your
- >vacation message to the mailing list a whole bunch of times!!!!)
-
- In an article of UNIX WORLD magazine, of last year, there is
- a program for doing this. It is wroten in Shell Script and yourself
- can modify it to your own needs.
- This article is available from ftp.uu.net but I dont remember exactly
- the directories. Sorry. Perhaps if you read the magazine then will find
- the right location.
-
- Good luck.
-
-
- --
-
- Gabriel Iban~ez C.
- gibanez@dcc.uchile.cl
-