Subject: forwarding mail

From: BRIAN MC NAMARA <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 1997 19:40:34 -0400 (EDT)

Is there anyway to forward mail to a different address.
Much thanks.

Brian

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From: Jeff <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 1997 20:22:46 -0400 (EDT)

> Is there anyway to forward mail to a different address.

I'm making a few assumptions here, and if I'm wrong, my answer may be
inaccurate. 

* You're using pine, and not PC-Pine
* Your system uses sendmail or a close relative

If you create a file in your home directory named .forward (there's a
period in front of that filename), and place an email address in that
file, all mail sent to your account will go to that address. If you have
access to a unix shell where you have the ability to execute arbitrary
commends, use this line to start forwarding:

cd ; echo [email-masked]' > .forward

where [email-masked] is the email address where you wish your mail
forwarded.

You can use the following line to disable your mail forwarding:

cd ; rm .forward

If you do not have access to a shell, it is possible that your local
administration has set up some method for you to edit your .forward file.
Contact your local support personnel for more info.

-jeff

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From: BRIAN MC NAMARA <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 09:43:36 -0400 (EDT)

thanks for the reply but for security reasons we don't want to give our
users acces to the OS.

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 00:53:07 +0800 (GMT)

> thanks for the reply but for security reasons we don't want to give our

OK.  Then you are saying you'd still want to forward the mail but not let
the users do it themselves?  If that is the case, the system admin can
create the .forwards as needed.  Or, you can create an alias in the alias
file with the same name as the Unix user.  The alias can then point to a
seperate account.  Since the alias takes precedence the mail will be
forwarded to the account specified by the alias.

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From: Jeff <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 20:43:45 -0400 (EDT)

> thanks for the reply but for security reasons we don't want to give our

If you have pine as your shell, you can allow users to edit their .forward
file just like their .signature file, but with a bit of work.

If you have another restricted shell, siminar to a FreeNet shell, you can
give users an option to edit their .forward file. 

Or, you can do things yourself, with sendmail aliases or the like.

-jeff

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