Thanks, Ed.  How do I actually set up the forward to the bit bucket?  
just put in "/dev/null" in the forward field?

- SteveP

On 6/6/2012 11:02 AM, Ed wrote:
> 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
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>> Version: Linux 5.3i-31 Aug 24 2011 17:20:26
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>> 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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