Re: reply macro

2000-05-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: >Of course, if you already have one, then it probably *is* the easier way >to go ;-) It is, believe me :) And you wouldn't believe the amount of spam it attracts :) >I'd probably be of about the same viewpoint, since I do, too (I counted >them the othe

Re: reply macro

2000-05-19 Thread David T-G
Suresh -- ...and then Suresh Ramasubramanian said... % David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: % % >What, you can make a dummy login that can handle mail addressed to % >anyone, but not a script? Just put the script in /usr/local/bin and % >let the calling user (you know, that guy who pipes

Re: reply macro

2000-05-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: >What, you can make a dummy login that can handle mail addressed to >anyone, but not a script? Just put the script in /usr/local/bin and >let the calling user (you know, that guy who pipes it a message) provide >the From: info without even trying! Yep

Re: reply macro

2000-05-19 Thread David T-G
Suresh -- ...and then Suresh Ramasubramanian said... % David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: % % >The "script" method, I hope :-) Yeah, once the script exists, it's easy % >enough for anyone to use it. % % Making local copies of the script for every user would be tedious, to say % the leas

Re: reply macro

2000-05-19 Thread Antoine Martin
On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 11:32:35AM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: > > >The "script" method, I hope :-) Yeah, once the script exists, it's easy > >enough for anyone to use it. > > Making local copies of the script for every user would be tedious,

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: >The "script" method, I hope :-) Yeah, once the script exists, it's easy >enough for anyone to use it. Making local copies of the script for every user would be tedious, to say the least :) So, the dummy login :) -- Suresh Ramasubramanian | sureshr a

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread David T-G
Suresh -- ...and then Suresh Ramasubramanian said... % David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: % % >message to a script that generates a boilerplate message using the % >existing subject and sends it to whoiever is in the DSN and RRT fields? % % Can do - I was thinking of setting this up for

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
David T-G proclaimed on mutt-users that: >Procmail is still good for this, but why bother with the dummy account? >Why not just pipe thru procmail and call a specific procmailrc that pipes >the message to the autoresponder -- or, in fact, why not just pipe the >message to a script that generates

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread David T-G
Antione, Suresh, et al -- ...and then Suresh Ramasubramanian said... % Antoine Martin proclaimed on mutt-users that: % % >> Procmail is better for this imho. Set up a dummy account on your local % >> box, which has a procmailrc set to return an autoack to the sender - % >> bounce it to that ac

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Antoine Martin
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 03:43:05PM +0200, Frank Derichsweiler wrote: > On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 03:21:36PM +0200, Antoine Martin wrote: > > Yes thank you, I understand better now, I just have to do a macro that bounce > > to that dummy user, but I'm not root, so I need another solution :( > > What

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Frank Derichsweiler
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 03:21:36PM +0200, Antoine Martin wrote: > Yes thank you, I understand better now, I just have to do a macro that bounce > to that dummy user, but I'm not root, so I need another solution :( What kind of MTA is on your box? If qmail, you should be able to use the address-ex

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Antoine Martin
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 06:42:37PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Antoine Martin proclaimed on mutt-users that: > > >> Procmail is better for this imho. Set up a dummy account on your local > >> box, which has a procmailrc set to return an autoack to the sender - > >> bounce it to that

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Antoine Martin proclaimed on mutt-users that: >> Procmail is better for this imho. Set up a dummy account on your local >> box, which has a procmailrc set to return an autoack to the sender - >> bounce it to that account with some keybinding, say. >> >> [rube goldberg solution, sort of] >Yes I

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Antoine Martin
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 06:24:29PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Antoine Martin proclaimed on mutt-users that: > > >> Several mailers implement it in several different ways, though :( > >When I receive a Mail with one of those headers, I would like to > >notify the user (if I want, of c

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Antoine Martin proclaimed on mutt-users that: >> Several mailers implement it in several different ways, though :( >When I receive a Mail with one of those headers, I would like to >notify the user (if I want, of course) that I've read his mail >with a macro, cause mutt don't seem to implement t

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Antoine Martin
On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 05:59:21PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Antoine Martin proclaimed on mutt-users that: > > >Is it possible, when I read a mail A with mutt, to reply this mail > >with a macro, with body containing the subject of A ? > >The thing I want to do with this is to autom

Re: reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Antoine Martin proclaimed on mutt-users that: >Is it possible, when I read a mail A with mutt, to reply this mail >with a macro, with body containing the subject of A ? >The thing I want to do with this is to automatically notify the sender >of the mail A that I've read his mail This should, in

reply macro

2000-05-18 Thread Antoine Martin
Is it possible, when I read a mail A with mutt, to reply this mail with a macro, with body containing the subject of A ? The thing I want to do with this is to automatically notify the sender of the mail A that I've read his mail Merci beaucoup for any idea Antoine