Activation of vaction option - postfix

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I'm running Postfix 2.7.1 on Debian - I've been wondering how to use the vacation (vacation.pl) program properly? When I log on as a administrator I get into root where I call the vacation program (check out the picture)

As I come to understand it hidden file (.forward) is being placed somewhere but I would like to know how initiate vacation status for a specific account?

vacation setup process

The process (in the picture) doesn't make it really easy to understand.

Where are you get the vacation file (vacation.pl) ? – ALex_hha Aug 02 '13 at 07:51 — ALex_hha, Aug 02 '13 at 07:51
as I believe it is a part of postfix? – Rene Aug 02 '13 at 11:34 — Rene, Aug 02 '13 at 11:34

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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A .forward file has delivery instructions for the incoming mail. For eg. if john UNIX user receives a mail and he has a .forward file in his home /home/john/.forward it will be used to perform the delivery. Consider the following .forward file

#John's .forward file
john.gm@gmail.com
|/usr/bin/vacation.pl

For the above forward file, the incoming email will be forwarded to john.gm@gmail.com and also sent to the program /usr/bin/vacation.pl More info about how postfix handles .forward files herehttp://www.postfix.org/local.8.html

This should help you.

edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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answered Aug 04 '13 at 07:09

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thx for the answer! – Rene Aug 06 '13 at 06:29

Activation of vaction option - postfix

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