Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just o…

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Author: Tim
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Setting up a GMail auto-reply to just one sender - possible?
On Sunday 09 August 2009 18:38:37 Victor Churchill wrote:
> I'd like to set up Gmail to send an auto reply to just one sender ( I
> am being bothered by a mailing-list leech who refuses to JFGI after I
> sent a reply to his initial request for help on dbi_users mailing
> list. The thread of mails he has sent me personally (not to the list
> (*) ) and my replies is now 17 messages long.)
>
> GMail offers me a Filter which I can use to automatically
> delete,label,forward any further emails, or a universal Out-Of-Office
> autoreply. What I would like to do is set up so that further emails
> direct tom me from this guy (but not ones to the list) ge sent a
> bespoke reply saying I am away on an extended walking tour of the
> forests in Bavaria or some such. But I don't see quite what I want.
> Given that this is GMail and not my own mail server (don't have a home
> one atm) does anyone have any suggestions? I am also putting this to
> the GMail help forum but have not tried that before so do not know how
> it may go.
>
> (*) - one of which went
> "Which I means I have to make some modifications in the makefile.
> can u please guide me for this or can we have a concall setup at your
> preferrable time."


I would forward them to his e-mail address, so basicly they loop back to him

Tim