How do I turn off automatic email forwarding or vacation messages?

Easy way:

Log in to https://portal.stat.ubc.ca then:

Go to My Stuff -> Email Forwarding/Vacation Message or click here to get there.

Manual way:

Log in to the StatNet server with SSH:

$ ssh username@login.stat.ubc.ca

To turn off the vacation feature, just re-run the "vacation" program.

  1. Type the Unix command:

      vacation

  2. The Unix will give the following information:

      This program can be used to answer your mail automatically
  when you go away on vacation.
  You have a message file in /home/yourusername/.vacation.msg.
  Would you like to see it?

  3. Type "n" and the Unix will give the following information:

      Would you like to edit it?

  4. Type "n" and the Unix will give the following information:

    You have a .forward file in your home directory containing:
    yourusername, "|/usr/bin/vacation yourusername"
Would you like to remove it and disable the vacation feature?

  5. Type "y" to disable the vacation feature. The Unix will show the following information:

    Back to normal reception of mail.
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