If you use procmail, here's a recipe that I've used before: :0 Whc :vacation.$LOCKEXT * !^From:.*vladimir@xxxxxxx * !^From:.*root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * !^From:.*root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * !^List * !^Precedence: bulk * !^Precedence: junk * !^Precedence: list * !^X-List * !^X-Loop: Vladimir G. Ivanovic <vladimir@xxxxxxx> * !^X-Mailman * !^X-RHN * !^X-Topica | (formail -rI"Precedence: junk" \ -A"From: Vladimir G Ivanovic <vladimir@xxxxxxx>" \ -A"Reply-To: Vladimir G Ivanovic <vladimir@xxxxxxx>" \ -A"X-Loop: Vladimir G Ivanovic <vladimir@xxxxxxx>"; \ echo "I'm away and won't have access to email until 09 June 2003."; \ echo -n "I'll reply to your email when I return."; \ cat $HOME/.signature \ ) | $SENDMAIL -oi -t It's derived from the example in procmailex(5). --- Vladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vladimir G. Ivanovic http://leonora.org/~vladimir 2770 Cowper St. vladimir@xxxxxxx Palo Alto, CA 94306-2447 +1 650 678 8014 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list