Enable Auto-Reply

Go to users home folder (here we want to create auto-reply for “user” account)

cd /home/user

create .forward file

vi .forward (add the following line)

|/usr/bin/procmail

create .procmailrc

vi .procmailrc (add the following lines)

SHELL=/bin/sh :0 h c * !^FROM_DAEMON * !^X-Loop: user@example.com | (formail -r -I”Precedence:junk” \ -A”X-Loop: user@example.com ” ; \ cat $HOME/message; \ ) | $SENDMAIL -oi -t :0

create a file message-

vi message

hi, I will be leave on ………… (here you add your message which will be sent to the sender during your vacation)

Disable Auto-Reply

Go to users home folder (here we want to remove auto-reply settings of “user” account)

cd /home/user

mv .forward forward

mv .procmailrc procmailrc