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#! rnews 1422 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!peer-news.britain.eu.net!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!nntp0.brunel.ac.uk!not-for-mail From: Nik.Clayton@brunel.ac.uk (Nik Clayton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Mail Answering Program? (info@system.com?) Date: 7 Dec 1995 14:10:34 -0000 Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK Lines: 18 Message-ID: <4a6skq$hpq@molnir.brunel.ac.uk> References: <dhawkDIz5Gu.8L6@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: molnir.brunel.ac.uk X-Submissions-To: ahbou-sub@acpub.duke.edu for alt.humor.best-of-usenet X-URL: http://http2.brunel.ac.uk:8080/~xxccnjc/ Knowing me Nik Clayton, knowing you dhawk@netcom.com (David H), ah-ha. >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)? I'd recommend 'procmail' if you're planning on doing anything like this on a regular basis. The documentation is comprehensive, and the installation instructions accurate. 'procmail' is in the FreeBSD ports collection. N -- =-[Opinion, n: See the above text for an example]=-=[Kibo #: e]-[RYRYRY]=-= =-[The Silly Sod Society: To perfect and to swerve]=-[beable]-=[TP U BG]=-= Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall, Aleph-null bottles of beer, You take one down, and pass it around, Aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall.