Subject: Forward mails to pager and keeping them in INBOX folder

From: Michael Mann <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 18:20:38 +0100 (CET)

Dear Sir or Madam,

I found out that I may either keep a message in the INBOX folder or
forward it to my pager. But I want to do both, i.e. being beeped when a
mail comes in via ".forward" AND being able to view / edit /reply a
message at my unix-terminal. 
But with the ".forward" command, the message is being
transferred to my pager and hence lost in terms of being able to view /
edit it with pine.
Answer would be nice.
Thank you.

                                              	Sincerely yours
						Michael Mann
						[email-masked]

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 11 Nov 1997 20:30:17 +0100

>> "MM" == Michael Mann <[email-masked]> writes:

MM> I found out that I may either keep a message in the INBOX folder or
MM> forward it to my pager. But I want to do both, i.e. being beeped
MM> when a mail comes in via ".forward" AND being able to view / edit
MM> /reply a message at my unix-terminal.  But with the ".forward"
MM> command, the message is being transferred to my pager and hence
MM> lost in terms of being able to view / edit it with pine.  Answer
MM> would be nice.  Thank you.

Use a filtering tool that keeps a copy on your account.

    man procmail

Later,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha M.A.
Political Science Dept., Bonn University

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From: Pine Versions <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 14:34:23 -0500 (EST)

You could try putting your own address in your .forward file as well as
the address that you want to forward your messages to.  Let us know if it
works. 

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From: Lars Scheffmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 10:48:12 +0100 (DST)

> the address that you want to forward your messages to.  Let us know if it

DON'T NEVER DO THIS !!!!!!

You create a mail-loop: sending to an address which is forwarded to an
address with a forward, which ......

The correct method is this format of the .forward file:
\old-address,  new-address

The old-address is your standard E-mail address, and new-address is your
pager or whatever.

The \ is an escape character which tells sendmail to don't use the
.forward file, and the loop is broken!

Regards

Lars Scheffmann,  Network Adm.            E-Mail: [email-masked]
Dept. of Academic Information Systems     Phone:  +45 6615 8600 ext.2867
DOU,  Odense University                   Direct: +45 6557 2867
Niels Bohrs Alle 11,  5230  Odense M      Fax:    +45 6612 3366

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From: Pine Versions <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:51:06 -0500 (EST)

Thanks for the info. I'll keep it for our files.