Subject: Re: {Q} Can pine be set to forward mail?

From: [email-masked] (The Shriminator)
Date: 12 Jul 1995 01:14:35 GMT

Half Right ? Err....Ummm.... where did I say Pine does the forwarding ?
I just didn't elaborate on the differences between MTA and MUA as all
that is explained very clearly in the FAQ's posted here frequently.

Alan J Flavell writes in comp.mail.pine:

 +  >Yes. Just create a ".forward" file in your account and include in it the
 +  >address to which you want to forward your mail.
 +   
 +  Half right.  PINE itself does not handle automatic mail forwarding.
 +  PINE is only the program that you, as a user, run in order to get
 +  access to mail (it's a "user agent" in the jargon).
 +   
 +  The .forward file is handled by your computer's mail system
 +  (typically "sendmail"), not by PINE.  That's why you won't find
 +  much about it in PINE's documentation.

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