how do I auto reply while usuing .forward

[Bob The Great]

I need a way to use .forward to auto reply to the person while forwarding. I have the .forward file setup but I can't figure out how to get it to reply to the person with my message saying that I'm unavailable.

Any ideas?

[Bob The Great]

ok, I've been reading about a program called vacation. Anyone have expierence with that?

I found this site which has a ok article but I'm a linux newb so I'm a bit lost. http://www.emailman.com/vacation/

[krohnjw]

we use vacation here at the university.

Basically it takes all mail that is delivered, and auto responds with what you put in your .vacation file.

Pretty much you type vacation, (it allows you to edit the message in vi, and then asks if you want to enable it). After you get back you run the program again and disable it.