> I have Pegasus Mail version 4.41 (Win 32) installed.
>
> Automatic reply does not appear when the Tools button is clicked, yet everywhere says this facility is available with Version 4 or higher. I
> am quite happy with the version I have, and am always reluctant to upgrade, as invariably problems occur.
>
> Any ideas, please?
You need to be running with Mercury to get an automatic reply since this is done via a server not a mail client.
Mercury can manage auto replies for Internet mail, much the same way the UNIX "Vacation" program does. To enable auto-reply for a user, create a file in his/her NEW mail subdirectory called AREPLY.PM, containing the message to be returned to the sender. Mercury will look for this when delivering mail to the account, and will return its contents immediately the message is delivered locally.
To avoid the possibility of mail storms (which can happen when two accounts start auto-replying to each other, or when an autoreply is sent to a list server), Mercury remembers every address from which a message has been successfully delivered for the account in the last 48 hours; if more than one message comes in from the same address in any 48 hour period, Mercury will generate only one auto-reply. The auto-reply memory is stored in a file called AREPLY.KFL in the user's NEW mail directory.
You can also specify a static kill file for autoreplies on a user by user basis. When generating an autoreply, Mercury checks to see if here is a file called AREPLY.KFS in the user's mail directory. If there is, it is checked for the address before the autoreply is transmitted. AREPLY.KFS differs from the AREPLY.KFL file Mercury generates automatically in that Mercury never changes or deletes it. It is provided to allow a user to suppress certain autoreplies permanently. Addresses should be entered into AREPLY.KFS one per line, in their simplest form.
> I have Pegasus Mail version 4.41 (Win 32) installed.
>
> Automatic reply does not appear when the Tools button is clicked, yet everywhere says this facility is available with Version 4 or higher. I
> am quite happy with the version I have, and am always reluctant to upgrade, as invariably problems occur.
>
> Any ideas, please?
You need to be running with Mercury to get an automatic reply since this is done via a server not a mail client.
Mercury can manage auto replies for Internet mail, much the same way the UNIX "Vacation" program does. To enable auto-reply for a user, create a file in his/her NEW mail subdirectory called AREPLY.PM, containing the message to be returned to the sender. Mercury will look for this when delivering mail to the account, and will return its contents immediately the message is delivered locally.
To avoid the possibility of mail storms (which can happen when two accounts start auto-replying to each other, or when an autoreply is sent to a list server), Mercury remembers every address from which a message has been successfully delivered for the account in the last 48 hours; if more than one message comes in from the same address in any 48 hour period, Mercury will generate only one auto-reply. The auto-reply memory is stored in a file called AREPLY.KFL in the user's NEW mail directory.
You can also specify a static kill file for autoreplies on a user by user basis. When generating an autoreply, Mercury checks to see if here is a file called AREPLY.KFS in the user's mail directory. If there is, it is checked for the address before the autoreply is transmitted. AREPLY.KFS differs from the AREPLY.KFL file Mercury generates automatically in that Mercury never changes or deletes it. It is provided to allow a user to suppress certain autoreplies permanently. Addresses should be entered into AREPLY.KFS one per line, in their simplest form.
