Yep, just forward to /dev/null  ..  We do this with some accounts here 
and it work great.

--Ed

On 06/06/2012 11:22 AM, Steve Perrault wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>> 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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