Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 06.10.2006 00:27:37 von Tristan Miller

Greetings.

I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which has the
following features:

0. Runs on a GNU/Linux with local mail spool files. This means I need to
be able to invoke it via .forward, procmail, or similar.

1. Doesn't reply to spam, bulk messages, mailing lists, mailer daemon
bounces, or any mail sent from a blacklisted address.

This means the program should have some sensible defaults for filtering
mail based on headers such as Precedence, List-Id, etc. I should also be
allowed to enter a list of regexps to be matched against arbitrary message
headers such as From and X-Spam-Status.

2. Won't send an autoreply to the same address more than once every n days.

3. Allows senders to unsubscribe from the autoreply service. (That is,
users should be allowed to add themselves to my From: blacklist.)

4. Most importantly, I need to be able to send different autoreplies based
on the address the original message was sent to.

For example, say that I'm the manager of a company, and I'm also president
of some social club in my spare time. I also have a personal life. So
personal@example.org is my personal e-mail account, manager@example.com is
my work account, and president@example.net is my club account. Since I
work at home, the latter two accounts are forwarded via their respective
mail servers to my personal account. On my local machine, fetchmail then
connects to the remote mail server via POP3 and downloads all messages and
delivers them to /var/spool/mail/foo. Procmail is also involved to filter
the messages through SpamAssassin.

I need the vacation program to examine each incoming message and send the
message "Sorry, but I'm not in the office; please contact my secretary" to
all legitimate mail sent to manager@example.com; "I respond to club e-mail
only on weekends; please be patient" to all legitimate mail sent to
president@example.net; and "I'm a lazy slob and respond to my personal
e-mail only once per month, so you'll have to wait" to all legitimate mail
sent directly to personal@example.org.

I found a lot of vacation programs on freshmeat but as far as I can tell
none of them support Feature #4 above. I don't think any supported #3
either, but I know such software must exist because I've received
autoreplies from people which had unsubscribe instructions.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Regards,
Tristan

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Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 06.10.2006 04:16:52 von DFS

Tristan Miller wrote:

> 4. Most importantly, I need to be able to send different autoreplies based
> on the address the original message was sent to.

Sendmail's "vacation" will do all but (4). However, with the appropriate
procmail scripting, you can just call vacation with different arguments,
thereby achieving your goal.

--
David.

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 06.10.2006 06:19:19 von Tristan Miller

Greetings.

In article <2dWdnRvdZbIJIbjYnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@magma.ca>, David F. Skoll
wrote:
> Tristan Miller wrote:
>
>> 4. Most importantly, I need to be able to send different autoreplies
>> based on the address the original message was sent to.
>
> Sendmail's "vacation" will do all but (4). However, with the appropriate
> procmail scripting, you can just call vacation with different arguments,
> thereby achieving your goal.

I use Postfix as my MTA. Is it possible to install Sendmail's vacation
without installing the rest of Sendmail? Or if not, will there be any
problem having Postfix and Sendmail installed at the same time?

Regards,
Tristan

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Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 06.10.2006 08:01:46 von Alan Connor

On comp.os.linux.misc, in
<6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan Miller"
wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which
> has the following features:

Never heard of a program that does everything you want. Sounds
like a job for procmail calling a few simple bash scripts and
spamassassin.

If you know procmail and bash at all, I'll help you put it
together. Seems like you must.

0. Mail with special string on subject line which is a request
to be removed from auto-response list has address added to
blocklist below. Directions in each auto-response.

1. Time filter: Has mail from this address been seen in the
the last N days. If so, dump it.

2. Passlist: Shunt mail from priveleged addresses to the
correct auto-reply recipe.

3. Spamfilter: Run the rest of the mail through Spamassassin

4. Blocklist

5. Auto-Response for non-priveleged addresses.

Or something along those lines.

Alan

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Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 06.10.2006 12:21:36 von Sam

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 06.10.2006 17:25:16 von Tristan Miller

Greetings.

In article , Alan Connor wrote:
> On comp.os.linux.misc, in
> <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan Miller"
> wrote:
>
>> Greetings.
>>
>> I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which
>> has the following features:
>
>
>
> Never heard of a program that does everything you want. Sounds
> like a job for procmail calling a few simple bash scripts and
> spamassassin.

I thought I was in your killfile and that you weren't reading any of my
posts, except for the headers. What did I do to get removed from your
killfile?

Regards,
Tristan

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Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 07.10.2006 00:37:52 von Alan Connor

On comp.mail.misc, in
<1690693.GUb6evHAXz@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan Miller"
wrote:

Tristan,

> Greetings.
>
> In article , Alan Connor
> wrote:
>
>> On comp.os.linux.misc, in
>> <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan
>> Miller" wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings.
>>> I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which
>>> has the following features:
>>
>>
>>
>> Never heard of a program that does everything you want. Sounds
>> like a job for procmail calling a few simple bash scripts and
>> spamassassin.
>
> I thought I was in your killfile and that you weren't reading
> any of my posts, except for the headers. What did I do to get
> removed from your killfile?

Don't know. My killfile isn't permanent. Everyone deserves
another chance. The listing expired and I don't see anything
wrong with your behavior now.

Are you interested in putting together this vacation program
or not?

You'll find that it is very useful. It's really a
challenge-response system sending notifications rather than
challenges. Or vice-versa :-)

The only change I would make in my initial psuedo-code would be
to have any passlisted addresses with 'don't send me anymore'
requests in step zero removed from the passlist.

Although one has to wonder why they don't just quit sending you
mails, eh? Still a good feature.

Yes, this will take a bit of work.

Alan

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Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 07.10.2006 01:43:39 von Sam

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 07.10.2006 04:04:01 von DFS

Tristan Miller wrote:

> I use Postfix as my MTA. Is it possible to install Sendmail's vacation
> without installing the rest of Sendmail?

I think so. I'm not sure how "vacation" actually sends mail -- I suspect
it tries to invoke /usr/sbin/sendmail (or whatever). As long as Postfix
supplies a "sendmail" binary that's compatible enough with the real Sendmail,
it should work fine.

Regards,

David.

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 07.10.2006 04:56:39 von AK

Tristan Miller wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> In article <2dWdnRvdZbIJIbjYnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@magma.ca>, David F. Skoll
> wrote:
>
>>Tristan Miller wrote:
>>
>>
>>>4. Most importantly, I need to be able to send different autoreplies
>>>based on the address the original message was sent to.
>>
>>Sendmail's "vacation" will do all but (4). However, with the appropriate
>>procmail scripting, you can just call vacation with different arguments,
>>thereby achieving your goal.
>
>
> I use Postfix as my MTA. Is it possible to install Sendmail's vacation
> without installing the rest of Sendmail? Or if not, will there be any
> problem having Postfix and Sendmail installed at the same time?
>
> Regards,
> Tristan
>

You can use procmail to generate auto-responses. mail procmailrc procmailex.

There should also be a standalone vacation package or alternative to the
one included with sendmail.

There should not be any problem with having both installed, the only
thing is that you would have to make sure is that only ones is
configured to run. and the sendmail actually points to the postfix
application and not sendmail.

AK

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 07.10.2006 05:17:51 von Alan Connor

On comp.mail.misc, in
, "David F. Skoll"
wrote:

> Tristan Miller wrote:
>
>> I use Postfix as my MTA. Is it possible to install Sendmail's
>> vacation without installing the rest of Sendmail?
>
> I think so. I'm not sure how "vacation" actually sends
> mail -- I suspect it tries to invoke /usr/sbin/sendmail (or
> whatever). As long as Postfix supplies a "sendmail" binary
> that's compatible enough with the real Sendmail, it should work
> fine.

He may need to make /usr/sbin/sendmail (or whatever) a symlink to
/path/to/postfix.

Alan

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Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 07.10.2006 12:10:33 von Robert Hull

On Friday 06 October 2006 16:25, Tristan Miller
wrote in comp.os.linux.misc:

> Greetings.
>
> In article , Alan Connor wrote:
>> On comp.os.linux.misc, in
>> <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan Miller"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which
>>> has the following features:
>>
>>
>
> I thought I was in your killfile and that you weren't reading any of
> my posts, except for the headers. What did I do to get removed from
> your killfile?

You haven't been removed from Alan's kill file, he doesn't see or read
the contents of your post, but his amazing filter system allows him to
reply - in context - without downloading, seeing, or reading the body
of your post.

And if you believe that, then you will also believe that Mr Connor is
sane.
--
Robert HULL

Archival or publication of this article on any part of thisishull.net
is without consent and is in direct breach of the Data Protection Act

[OT] Robert Hull (was: Need vacation/autoresponder software<snip>)

am 07.10.2006 13:00:05 von Alan Connor

On comp.mail.misc, in <4opcopFfhhkgU1@individual.net>, "Robert Hull" wrote:

Correction: A dishonest coward who _sometimes_ calls himself
"Robert Hull" wrote:

> Path: text.usenetserver.com!out03a.usenetserver.com!news.usenetser ver.com!in01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!fu-berli n.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail

Posting through individual.net. Only one reason to use that
newsserver: Posts from there include nothing in the headers that
anyone but the administrators at individual.net can use to tell
one post from another, regardless of who posted it.

Troll heaven.

Just type in a new "From:" header and you seem to be a different
person.

> From: Robert Hull

He's making a big point of hating spam, which is something that
only spammers do. Who doesn't hate spam?

(He thinks he's being clever :-)

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
Robert Hull
Results 1 - 100 of about 1,360 posts in the last year
14 alt.os.linux
50 alt.os.linux.suse
30 comp.os.linux.misc
1 comp.os.linux.setup
1 comp.os.minix
4 uk.comp.os.linux

Who posts only on a limited number of technical groups in such
a limited spectrum over the course of a year?

A troll's sockpuppet.

That is not a natural posting history.

3.7 posts a day, on average, with this psuedo-identity. How many
others with different aliases and using different news providers
is anyone's guess. How much spam he posts all over the Usenet is
also anyone's guess.

Trolls and spammers are often the same people: Trolls try to beat
your newsfilter with different psuedo-identities (and thus hide
their true posting histories too) and spammers try to beat your
mail filter, also using different psuedo-identitities.

Cyberstalkers do the same thing. They are all sociopaths with
no respect for your personal space or privacy.

Posting a viscious, ad homimen attack from out of nowhere like
this is just everyday stuff for this Internet vermin. The idea
that their might be something sick and twisted about it doesn't
even cross his mind.

> Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
> Subject: Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software
> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:10:33 +0100
> Organization: a loss

See? He's a pro. Knows how to forge headers. Here he's shoving
the fact in our faces, saying: "Ha ha. I can fool you". It's
also a signal to other trolls, letting them know that one of their
Internet vermin brethren is in the neighborhood.

Not that any Usenet newbie even knows individual.net exists. Or
could imagine why anyone would want to use it.

> Lines: 33
> Message-ID: <4opcopFfhhkgU1@individual.net>
> References: <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org> <1690693.GUb6evHAXz@polecat.worldsocialism.org>
> Reply-To: Robert@do-not-spam.me.uk
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit
> X-Trace: individual.net XAaqTAU2bLGMEhr/mUDktgr6KWwZqoagMfmF3q7wmuffw9UEwu
> User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4

Maybe. Mabybe you're a Windoze-Wanker who cut&pasted that from someone
else's post. Not exactly brain surgery. See my headers.

> Xref: usenetserver.com comp.mail.misc:160543
> X-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 06:10:35 EDT (text.usenetserver.com)
>
> On Friday 06 October 2006 16:25, Tristan Miller
> wrote in comp.os.linux.misc:
>
>> Greetings.
>>
>> In article , Alan Connor wrote:
>>> On comp.os.linux.misc, in
>>> <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan Miller"
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Greetings.
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which
>>>> has the following features:
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I thought I was in your killfile and that you weren't reading any of
>> my posts, except for the headers. What did I do to get removed from
>> your killfile?
>
> You haven't been removed from Alan's kill file, he doesn't see or read
> the contents of your post, but his amazing filter system allows him to
> reply - in context - without downloading, seeing, or reading the body
> of your post.
>
> And if you believe that, then you will also believe that Mr Connor is
> sane.

Spammers and trolls and cyberstalkers really hate mail filters they
can't beat. Obviously. And they can't beat challenge-response systems.
Any mention of them sends the poor sociopaths right off the deep end.

For a brief introduction to challenge-response systems, see:

http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/cr.html

See how clever this spammer scumbag is? I wouldn't have posted
on this subject and with that URL if he hadn't come out from
whatever slimy rock he dwells under and posted this juvenile ad
homimen attack.

> --
> Robert HULL
>
> Archival or publication of this article on any part of thisishull.net
> is without consent and is in direct breach of the Data Protection Act

The problem with that sig, "Robert", is that you'd have to reveal your
real identity in order to have someone prosecuted or to sue them.

And you'll never do that.

I just called you a "spammer". A criminal. That's libelous. But I can
do it, once again, because you can't sue me because that would necessitate
revealing your real identity.

ROTFLMAO.

Don't like what I have to say, you stinking petty criminal?

Eat schitt. Big steaming piles of it.

And stay out of my mailboxes.

That's a command, not a request, and you _will_ obey it.

Alan

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Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 07.10.2006 15:34:40 von Sam

Re: [OT] Usenet Beavis (was: Need vacation/autoresponder software<snip>)

am 07.10.2006 15:34:46 von Sam

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Usenet Beavis writes:

> On comp.mail.misc, in <4opcopFfhhkgU1@individual.net>, "Robert Hull" wrote:
>
> Correction: My mental superior who _always_ likes to smack my bitch up
> wrote:
>
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>
> Posting through individual.net. Only one reason to use that
> newsserver: to make me have a major kookfart because I'm a Beavis
> and I was dropped on my head, as a child.

Well, there are other reasons too.

> I'm in troll heaven.
>
> Just use any one of thousands of Usenet providers, and I'll have
> a major kookfart, right on queue.

You're must favorite chew toy, Beavis.

>> From: Robert Hull
>
> He's making a big point of laughing at my sorry ass, which is something that
> only my mental superiors do. Who doesn't think I'm a kookbag?

Nobody.

> (He thinks he's being clever :-)

Clever-er than you, Beavis.

>
> http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
> Robert Hull
> Results 1 - 100 of about 1,360 posts in the last year

Results 1 - 10 of about 24,100 for usenet beavis (0.31 seconds)

You win, Beavis.

> Who posts only to smack my bitch up, every day over the course of a year?

/me raises his hand.

> My mental superior.

Thanks, Beavis.

> I'm not a natural occuring phenomenon.

You're a medical mystery, Beavis.

> I am now going to babble on about Gawd only what my diseased,
> Alzheimer-ravaged cranium can imagine in a psychotic-induced state.
> How many others have busted bladders after reading my kookfarts?

I'd imagine there might a few who were not sufficiently trained in
metabolizing your kookfarts.

> Beavises and kookbags are often the same people: Beavises try to post
> garbage all day long with different kookfarts (and thus hide their
> true affiliation with Bigfoot) and kookbags try to beat each other
> off, because they are starved for attention.

Sounds about right.

> Cyberbeavises do the same thing. I'm just a sociopath who has
> never figured out how to adjust to society.

But you're a funny sociopath.

> Posting a viscious, ad homimen kookfart from out of nowhere like
> this is just everyday stuff for this Internet Beavises. The idea
> that their might be something sick and twisted about it doesn't
> even cross my mind.

There's nothing to cross.

>> Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
>> Subject: Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software
>> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:10:33 +0100
>> Organization: a loss
>
> See? I'm a Beavis. Knows how to post kookfarts. Here I am shoving
> my kookfarts in your faces, saying: "Ha ha. I'm a certified whacko".
> It's also a signal to other looney tunes, letting them know that one of
> their Internet kookbag brethren is in the neighborhood.

So, Beavis, where is your army of whackos?

> Not that any Usenet newbie even knows Beavis exists. Or could imagine what
> anyone would want to use Beavises for.

Well, smacking your bitch up is a well-known therapeutical treatment for
clinical depression. Even if someone is in throes of deep depression,
showing them a few of your posts always results in remarkable improvement,
once they realize that things could be worse for them -- they could be a
Beavis.

>> User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4
>
> Maybe. Maybe I'm the reason why you shouldn't drink during pregnancy.

Not maybe -- definitely.

>> You haven't been removed from Alan's kill file, he doesn't see or read
>> the contents of your post, but his amazing filter system allows him to
>> reply - in context - without downloading, seeing, or reading the body
>> of your post.
>>
>> And if you believe that, then you will also believe that Mr Connor is
>> sane.
>
> Beavises and kookbags and sheepshaggers really hate normal people who
> point their fingers at them and laugh. Obviously. Any mention of my
> affair with Bigfoot sends me right off the deep end.

Speaking of Ol' Sasquatch, how's the big guy doing these days?

> For a brief introduction to The Usenet Beavis see:
>
> http://www.pearlgates.net/nanae/kooks/ac/

Good idea.

> See how stupid this Usenet Beavis is? I wouldn't have posted
> this kookfart but I haven't taken my medication in two days and
> I'm horny for Betsy (see http://tinyurl.com/zem6j).

Beavis, stop that or I'll report you to the ASPCA.

>> Robert HULL
>>
>> Archival or publication of this article on any part of thisishull.net
>> is without consent and is in direct breach of the Data Protection Act
>
> The problem with this kookbag, "Robert", is that I've been dropped on
> my head as a child, and has never been the same ever since.

Well, it's your problem, not his, so deal with it.

> I just called myself a "kookbag". A whacko. That's true. You can go
> ahead, and point your finger at me and laugh.

Guess what finger I'm pointing at you, Beavis?

> KOOKBAG.
>
> Don't like what I have to say, my mental superior?

You've been falling behind your daily quota of kookfart output, Beavis.
Pick up the pace. That's an order from your master. I own your kook soul,
Beavis, so you're going to do as I say. And I'm telling you to post at
least five kookfarts every day. That's your quota, and if you continue to
slag off, there's going to be some major consequences. And you don't want
that to happen.

> I'll eat schitt. Big steaming piles of it.

Bon Appetit.

> And post more kookfarts every day.

That's the idea.

> That's a promise, not a kookfart,

It's both.

> and I _will_ get mental therapy.

No, you won't. I forbid you. You need to remain the looney-tune that you
are, in order to maintain the constant supply of free entertainment on
Usenet.

>
> Beavis
>
> --
> http://www.geocities.com/suhatrasabib
> http://www.pearlgates.net/nanae/kooks/ac/

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Re: [OT] Robert Hull (was: Need vacation/autoresponder software<snip>)

am 07.10.2006 21:03:23 von Viper

Alan Connor wrote:
> For a brief introduction to challenge-response systems, see:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/cr.html
>
> See how clever this spammer scumbag is? I wouldn't have posted
> on this subject and with that URL if he hadn't come out from
> whatever slimy rock he dwells under and posted this juvenile ad
> homimen attack.
>
Whats the difference between this and spam? Nothign if you ask me... I wish
some big block list would block EL until they nuked his account.

Re: [kook alan connor retard] Robert Hull (was: Need vacation/autoresponder software<snip>)

am 07.10.2006 21:18:07 von SneakyP

Alan Connor defecated on usenet absolutely useless diahorrea.

Will you lick up after yourself, moron. Nobody, and there is someone
by that name too, does NOT want your spammy crap steaming on the
news.admin.net-abuse.* hierarchy, RETARD.

Ghad, get a real good grip on reality, moron. Or just simply quit
wasting the oxygen that is in the atmosphere for the rest of us to use,
"dipshitt troll/spammer"

Re: [OT] Robert Hull

am 07.10.2006 21:19:47 von Frank Slootweg

Viper wrote:
> Alan Connor wrote:
> > For a brief introduction to challenge-response systems, see:
> >
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/cr.html
> >
> > See how clever this spammer scumbag is? I wouldn't have posted
> > on this subject and with that URL if he hadn't come out from
> > whatever slimy rock he dwells under and posted this juvenile ad
> > homimen attack.
> >
> Whats the difference between this and spam? Nothign if you ask me... I wish
> some big block list would block EL until they nuked his account.

Such a "big block list" is called a real newsreader. I suggest you get
one. Considering your platform, the most common choice is Xnews.

One can say all kinds of things about Alan Connor, but not that he
makes killing his articles hard, quite the contrary.

[kook] Re: [OT] Robert Hull

am 08.10.2006 00:39:26 von Quaestor

Frank Slootweg wrote:

>Viper wrote:
>
>
>>Alan Connor wrote:
>>
>>
>>>For a brief introduction to challenge-response systems, see:
>>>
>>>http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/cr.html
>>>
>>>See how clever this spammer scumbag is? I wouldn't have posted
>>>on this subject and with that URL if he hadn't come out from
>>>whatever slimy rock he dwells under and posted this juvenile ad
>>>homimen attack.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>Whats the difference between this and spam? Nothign if you ask me... I wish
>>some big block list would block EL until they nuked his account.
>>
>>
>
> Such a "big block list" is called a real newsreader. I suggest you get
>one. Considering your platform, the most common choice is Xnews.
>
> One can say all kinds of things about Alan Connor, but not that he
>makes killing his articles hard, quite the contrary.
>
>

The way to kill them is to first killfile him, then if you must reply to
him, add the [kook] tag to the subject line, so the rest of us don't
need to see your reply. Failure to do this may result in people
killfiling you to avoid seeing his drivel.

--
Godwin is a net-nazi
Learn about spam: http://www.seige-perilous.org/spam/spam.html

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 08.10.2006 06:08:14 von Andrew Starr

In article <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>,
Tristan Miller wrote:

> Greetings.
>
> I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which has the
> following features:

see http://www.emailman.com/vacation/ -- but I've got to fix a couple of links. And you will need to adapt
whatever vacation program you find to do all you want.

--
eMailman, LLC - Andrew Starr, President
eMailman(r):
NewsReaders(sm):
New discussion forums (via web or newsreader) at both of the above sites.

Re: [OT] Robert Hull

am 08.10.2006 11:12:11 von Frank Slootweg

["[kook]" tag deleted]

Quaestor wrote:
> Frank Slootweg wrote:
>
> >Viper wrote:
> >
> >>Alan Connor wrote:
> >>
> >>>For a brief introduction to challenge-response systems, see:
> >>>
> >>>http://home.earthlink.net/~alanconnor/cr.html
> >>>
> >>>See how clever this spammer scumbag is? I wouldn't have posted
> >>>on this subject and with that URL if he hadn't come out from
> >>>whatever slimy rock he dwells under and posted this juvenile ad
> >>>homimen attack.
> >>>
> >>Whats the difference between this and spam? Nothign if you ask me... I wish
> >>some big block list would block EL until they nuked his account.
> >
> > Such a "big block list" is called a real newsreader. I suggest you get
> >one. Considering your platform, the most common choice is Xnews.
> >
> > One can say all kinds of things about Alan Connor, but not that he
> >makes killing his articles hard, quite the contrary.
>
> The way to kill them is to first killfile him, then if you must reply to
> him, add the [kook] tag to the subject line, so the rest of us don't
> need to see your reply.

I didn't reply to "him", but to Viper, so any tag is inappropriate
(and hence removed from this response).

> Failure to do this may result in people killfiling you to avoid seeing
> his drivel.

I can't help it if people can't properly killfile. In AC's case, it's
trivial to kill his postings, and, if so desired, any followups to his
postings, either direct or indirect ones. Hint: His MIDs.

So instead of trying to force a "[kook]" tag on others, you should
learn how to killfile or/and get a better newsreader.

If you need help, news.software.readers is over there ->

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 08.10.2006 12:33:05 von Alan Connor

On comp.mail.misc, in <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan Miller" wrote:

Your loss. I have most of the bash scripts necessary to make
this happen already, and the procmail part is simple.

Offer withdrawn.

Alan

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 08.10.2006 15:06:19 von Sam

Re: Need vacation/autoresponder software

am 13.10.2006 20:48:23 von NetworkElf

On 2006-10-06, Tristan Miller wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> In article , Alan Connor wrote:
>> On comp.os.linux.misc, in
>> <6016149.kjXsOoMdvs@polecat.worldsocialism.org>, "Tristan Miller"
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a vacation-style autoresponder program which
>>> has the following features:
>>
>>
>>
>> Never heard of a program that does everything you want. Sounds
>> like a job for procmail calling a few simple bash scripts and
>> spamassassin.
>
> I thought I was in your killfile and that you weren't reading any of my
> posts, except for the headers. What did I do to get removed from your
> killfile?

Google on Alan Connor 90 second killfile. That will answer your question.
It is well proven that he reads every single post, despite claims to the
contrary.