Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2001 13:24:53 -0600 (CST) From: Dan Bongert <dbongert@facstaff.wisc.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Forwarding a mail file Message-ID: <XFMail.20010302132453.dbongert@facstaff.wisc.edu> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLBILEPCHLFJAPIIPAEOFFFAA.rjmcintire@earthlink.net>
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There's a program called formail, which I believe is a part of the procmail port, that does exactly this: cat /var/mail/user | formail -s /usr/sbin/sendmail newadddress@newisp.com Formail splits the mail spool into it's component messages, and then sendmail resends them. On 02-Mar-2001 Riley J. McIntire wrote: > Greetings: > > I have need to forward a users mail file, /var/mail/user, to another > address. Is there a simple way to do this? I've looked at /usr/bin/mail > and sendmail but can't seem to find how. > > Thanks, -- Dan Bongert <*> dbongert@facstaff.wisc.edu <*> SSCC Unix System Administrator My favourite was some time ago, and involved a female customer thanking "Mr. Daemon" for his effort trying to deliver her mail, and offering him a "good time" if he ever visited Sydney. - Matt McLeod To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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