Forward the mail to /dev/null and the delete original will work and 
since dev/null is just the bit bucket in the sky it disappears.

--Ed

On 06/06/2012 10:59 AM, Steve Perrault wrote:
> Running
>
> Version: Linux 5.3i-31 Aug 24 2011 17:20:26
>
>
> I have a customer whose staff will be gone for a long time and wants an
> auto-responder message yet doesn't want to accept the email. The "Delete
> original message" option is labelled, saying "This deletes the original
> message after forwarding or responding." but turning it on doesn't
> delete the message
>
> I can see turning on "delete original message" is changing the fwd
> setting in the nwauth file.
>
> (Delete original message: OFF)
>HIDDEN@@riverviewsteel.com:{ssha}xxxxxx:created="1338991949"
> mailaccess="" mailstatus="" admin_access="" quota="" expire="0"
> full_name="" max_in="" phone="" smsto="" user_access="" alias_quota=""
> list_quota="" fwd="|respond=respond.rsp&only_to,$user"
>
> (Delete original message: ON)
>HIDDEN@@riverviewsteel.com:{ssha}xxxxxx:created="1338991949"
> mailaccess="" mailstatus="" admin_access="" quota="" expire="0"
> full_name="" max_in="" phone="" smsto="" user_access="" alias_quota=""
> list_quota="" fwd="|respond=respond.rsp&only_to"
>
>
> Yet, when an email is sent to the account, the sender gets the response
> AND the message is delivered to her mailbox
>
> Has anyone else noticed this? If the delete option is only valid when
> forwarding, is there a way to get around this? Is there a way to
> auto-reply and forward to /dev/null?
>
> - SteveP
>
>
>

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