Subject: Forwarding all mail to another address?

From: Joseph Christopher Sharp <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 20:26:26 -0500 (EST)

How can I forward all of my incoming mail to another address? I would also
like to retain the mail at my PINE account as well?

Thanks,

Joe Sharp

[email-masked]

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From: Norbert Koch <[email-masked]>
Date: 13 Feb 1998 06:53:12 +0100

>>>On Thu, 12 Feb 1998 20:26:26 -0500 (EST), Joseph Christopher Sharp <[email-masked]> said:

 JCS> How can I forward all of my incoming mail to another address? I
 JCS> would also like to retain the mail at my PINE account as well?

Hi,

put a .forward file into your home directory in which your new address 
is stored. Sendmail (not pine) will forward the mail to the new
location ...

% echo "new-name@new-domain" > $HOME/.forward

For the second part ... if you will be using pine at your new site as
well, just copy the folder directory to disk and take them with you
or, either if you are to lazy to do so or if you don't have pine any
longer (and thus, folder formats might differ), forward your mails to
your new site.

hth, norbert.

-- 
Norbert Koch
a rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing!

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From: Lars Scheffmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 10:38:28 +0100 (DST)

> like to retain the mail at my PINE account as well?

If you want to save a copy in your old mailsystem, use this format of the
.forward file: 

\old-address,  new-address

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

The \ is an escape character which tells sendmail not to use the
.forward file again, and thereby prevent a loop.

Regards

Lars Scheffmann,  Network Adm.            E-Mail: [email-masked]
Dept. of Academic Information Technology  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: "Colin J. Raven" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:45:02 -0800 (PST)

Hmmmm, that's a neat tip Lars, Thank You!
<scribbling furiously>
-Colin.