Vacation
Service Template ReadMe
October 5, 1996
Copyright 1996, StarNine Technologies, Inc. All
rights reserved.
What is a vacation service?
A vacation service is a responsible, intelligent autoresponder for
a personal e-mail account. This kind of service is used for people
who gets a lot of mail or for times when someone will not be
answering e-mail for an extended period.
How do I use it?
Before you leave
Forward all mail from your normal account to the vacation service
on the ListSTAR machine (one vacation service required per person).
You may want to change the autoresponse so it includes when you will
return.
While your gone
Mail sent to your normal account will be forwarded to your
vacation service on the ListSTAR machine. First, every message is
filed in the "While you were gone" folder located within your
vacation service folder. If the message is not from a mailing list
and this is the first message received from that address, a automatic
reply is sent. Only one message will be sent to any one address.
When you return
When you get back, your mail will be waiting for you in the "While
you were gone" folder located within your vacation service folder.
Enable the rule "Leave this rule disabled" and prepare a message
informing everyone that you have returned. Send it to yourself, which
will cause it to be forwarded to your vacation service. The vacation
service will reflect your message to everyone who wrote to you while
you were away. Set things back to normal by stopping the forwarding
of mail to your normal account, and clearing out the "Vacation Sender
List" address list.
Installation...
To make a new vacation service, take the following steps:
- If you haven't already, read about
importing
templates
- Launch the ListSTAR Server
- Choose "New Vacation Service..." from the "Scripts" menu
- At the prompt for the address and display name of "Vacation
Service", enter the user's e-mail information (normal address and
name).
- At the prompt for the listmaster's email address, enter the
address where mailer-daemon mail and error messages should be
sent. This address is automatically entered into the "Listmaster
Address" address list if it doesn't already exist there.
- At this point ListSTAR will be busy for a few moments as it
duplicates files and imports them into ListSTAR. If your Services
window is open, you will see "Vacation Service", appear in
alphabetical order. When this is finished, a dialog will appear
reporting exactly how many services, address lists, and
AppleScripts were created.
- The new template is now created. You should rename the new
services and address lists. In most cases, you can just replace
"Vacation Service" with "Your List Name" as appropriate. The names
are not themselves important; it is just important that the names
are unique and easily identifiable.
Requirements...
- AppleScript, as well as the scriptable Finder. (An install of
System 7.5 or later guarantees compatibility, although System 7
Pro may work as well.)
- Version 1.1 of ListSTAR or later.
Support Issues...
Questions or problem reports for these services should be reported
to
liststar-talk@starnine.com