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                     Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 16:55:16 -0500
                     From: Eric Durant <eadurant@concentric.net>
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                  Subject: procmail and vacation
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Hello,

The following is a copy of a message I just sent to Concentric Tech.
Support regarding the `procmail' and `vacation' programs.  I'm posting a
copy here in case any followers of this group might have comments on
this or are interested in this topic.

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Concentric Tech. Support:

Are there any restrictions in place on `/bin/procmail'?  I will be going
on vacation next week and am trying to set up a vacation autoresponder. 
When I place a valid `.procmailrc' in my home directory, it does not
seem to have any effect.  `procmail -v' indicates that you're using the
standard location for the user rc file, so I can not figure out why this
is not working.  My script has dependencies on `/bin/sh' and `formail'
(assumed to be in the system path).

This script works properly on other hosts, but this is my first time
trying it since I changed my primary ISP to Concentric.

I could not find any reference to the `procmail' or `vacation' programs
on the Concentric Website.

If `procmail' is not usable, is `vacation'?  I had gotten out of the
habit of using `vacation' due to a security hole found a few years
back.  I notice Concentric has a 1987 version of `vacation' installed
(at least according to the man page on viking), so I'm assuming that
this version has the security hole.

Thank You,

Eric Durant
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