Subject: Mail-forwarding?

From: [email-masked] (Jonathan C. Willeke)
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:14:07 GMT

I was hoping there'd be an FAQ on the subject, and maybe there is,
but its location is not obvious.  Can someone tell me how to get PINE
to forward all mail from one account to another?  Specifically, I have
an account with a freenet that uses PINE, and I want to forward all
that mail to a college account until I graduate in May.  Thanks.

--Jon

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From: [email-masked] (Peter J. Weyers)
Date: 25 Mar 1996 10:06:16 GMT

Meyer Boswell Books Inc. ([email-masked]) wrote:

: After you do what is below, then how do you tell people who are writing 
: you at the old address that you have a new one, I mean, automatically?

On UNIX systems, have a look at "man vacation".

Peter
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From: [email-masked] (Fred Ringel)
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 23:04:13 GMT

On Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:14:07 GMT, Jonathan C. Willeke shared the bits and bytes to sput as follows:
:   I was hoping there'd be an FAQ on the subject, and maybe there is,
: but its location is not obvious.  Can someone tell me how to get PINE
: to forward all mail from one account to another?  Specifically, I have
: an account with a freenet that uses PINE, and I want to forward all
: that mail to a college account until I graduate in May.  Thanks.

: --Jon

	Gee, I thought I had posted on this one already. Simply put a
".forward" account in your home directory with the new e-mail address
in it. Don't forget the "." in front of the name of the file.

	Fred
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From: Fred Ringel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 02:47:38 GMT

On 24 Mar 1996, Meyer Boswell Books Inc. wrote:

> 
> After you do what is below, then how do you tell people who are writing 
> you at the old address that you have a new one, I mean, automatically?
> 
> Also, can the .forward file be created in PICO? And is the only line in 
> it just your new address?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Joe Luttrell

	Automatically? I don't know. They can find out if they are 
technically adept at using sendmail by telneting to the correct port and 
expanding the address (I believe).

	You can create it in PICO, and the only line is your new address. 
Just make sure the file is named properly and test it before relying on it.

	People sort of think this is magic, but it really a *very* old 
Unix trick.

	Fred

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From: kremžská HOŘČICE <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 06:19:46 +0200

> expanding the address (I believe).

    ...Only if they think to do so.

One possibility, if your site is running the latest sendmail, is to use
the REDIRECT feature, which can be used to mail a message back to the
sender telling them to send the mail to your new address.  Your System
Administrator will need to set this up.

Barry Bouwsma
Radio Praha, Czech it out

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From: [email-masked] (Kathy Bilton)
Date: 26 Mar 1996 14:00:41 GMT

: On Wed, 20 Mar 1996 23:14:07 GMT, Jonathan C. Willeke shared the bits and bytes to sput as follows:
: :   I was hoping there'd be an FAQ on the subject, and maybe there is,
: : but its location is not obvious.  Can someone tell me how to get PINE
: : to forward all mail from one account to another?  Specifically, I have
: : an account with a freenet that uses PINE, and I want to forward all
: : that mail to a college account until I graduate in May.  Thanks.
: 
: 	Gee, I thought I had posted on this one already. Simply put a
: ".forward" account in your home directory with the new e-mail address
: in it. Don't forget the "." in front of the name of the file.

The problem here is that on most freenets, one often does not have direct 
access to one's home directory.  To have your mail forwarded on most freenets,
go to the post office where you should find an option that says something
about mail forwarding.  Through this, you will be able to create a
.forward file.  You just won't have any indication that that is the name of 
the file you are creating... You will just be asked to type in the
address to which you want the mail forwarded.  

--Kathy Bilton   http://www.fred.net/kathy/