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I am using rh9 and the lattest version of sendmail. the vacation rpm is vacation-1.2.6-1.i386.rpm its installed. I set up the vacation.msg and the .forward. Then I ran vacation -I. It worked for one message with a reply I'm on vacation but also had an error can't create output. I need to know the proper syntax for the .forward file. It does not work anymore and when I try to run it I don't receive any messages. Also is this the proper steps to set it up.
Hello
I gave full access to the .forward file. I still am having the same problem. The .foward file is in my home dir same with the vacation.db and vacation.msg. When I run vacation -I and then send an email from an outside account it says its goes but nothing is recieved. what is the proper syntax for the .forward file maybe thats the problem?
According to your description, the vacation.msg file is in /home/mrobb but your prompt indicates that you did this from the /home directory.
1. You need to be in the directory where the vacation.msg file is.
2. Verify that your vacation executable is in the /bin directory. If not, you need to correct the .forward file to put the correct path. No such file or directory indicates the path is not correct.
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