From 69564efbeb35b0ca14e7c64771bfcafc8799d1b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Armstrong Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:59:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * Add more documentation to delay_mail --- delay_mail | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/delay_mail b/delay_mail index d9443e2..405e695 100755 --- a/delay_mail +++ b/delay_mail @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Enqueue a message which should be sent out later =item B<--delay> -Length of delay (man at for details of specification) +Length of delay (man at for details of specification; Debian systems +see /usr/share/doc/at/timespec) =item B<--email> @@ -93,6 +94,25 @@ Display this manual. =head1 EXAMPLES +The following entry in your procmailrc (or similar) will do the dirty +work: + + :0 Hhbw + * !Message-Id: .*delay[0-9]+@ + * ^TO \/you\+de[^@]+ + |delay_mail --mailto you@foo.com --enqueue --email --delay $MATCH + + delay_mail --list; + +and + + atq; + +will tell you that things are queued up and ready to go. + +You can then bounce messages that you want to deal with later to +you+delay+10=30am_tomorrow@foo.com or similar, and you'll receive the +message again at 10:30 AM tomorrow to deal with. =cut -- 2.39.5