Autoresponse

Autoresponse is an autoresponder designed for Postfix. This handy tool is part of the "postfix deployment tools" package made by Charles Hamilton. But guess what? You can use Autoresponse with almost any Postfix setup!

How Does It Work?

The autoresponse script gets called by Postfix using pipe(8), which is similar to how you'd call a content filter. Fun fact: you can do some basic content filtering with this script too! But fair warning, that requires at least some intermediate knowledge of bash and a bit of tweaking on the autoresponse script, so we won't dive into that here.

Basic Command Syntax

The command syntax for Autoresponse is pretty simple:

autoresponse [-s {sender email} -r {recipient email}] [-e {email address}] [-d {email address}] [-E {email address}] [-D {email address}] [-h]

Understanding the Options

• -s and -r: You need to use these together to set a sender and recipient for your autoresponse message.


• -e: This option lets you create or edit an autoresponse for a specific user. If there's an old disabled message, it will be ignored, and a new one will be created instead.


• -d: Use this to disable an active autoresponse message.


• -E: This enables an existing autoresponse message. If both a disabled and an active message exist, the active one gets replaced by the disabled one.


• -D: Want to delete an existing autoresponse? Use this! Just remember it won’t touch any disabled messages.


• -h: Need help? This prints out the help menu for Autoresponse.

If you're interested in downloading Autoresponse, check it out here!