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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
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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.

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