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- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Path: sparky!uunet!techbook!jamesd
- From: jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele)
- Subject: Using filter
- Message-ID: <C1EAt9.2Dv@techbook.com>
- Organization: TECHbooks --- Public Access UNIX --- (503) 220-0636
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:48:40 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- I would like to have a address save a copy of incoming mail but
- automatically bounce back a standard text file to anyone who sends mail
- to that address.
-
- .forward: "| /usr/local/bin/filter -o problems"
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- .elm/filter-rules: if (not from = "jamesd") then executec "reply %S %r"
-
- reply: elm -s "$1" $2 </home/users/me/somefile
-
- .elm/filterlog below:
-
- Mail from testuser about Testing
- EXECUTED "reply "Re: Testing" testuser" AND PUT in mailbox by rule #1
-
- "testuser" never sees a reply, although it looks like it should.
-
- Can somebody help?
-
- Thanks!
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