Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:03:30 -0800 From: "Paul M . Lambert" <plambert@plambert.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Forwarding a mail file Message-ID: <20010302170329.G56205@slappy.plambert.net> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLBILEPCHLFJAPIIPMEPGFFAA.rjmcintire@earthlink.net> References: <3AA02230.E41B174@pacbell.net> <NCBBLBILEPCHLFJAPIIPMEPGFFAA.rjmcintire@earthlink.net>
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2001, Riley J. McIntire wrote: > > Another suggested uuencode too. Which I'd prefer to installing > procmail/formail, at least to learn how to use it. Also, this system is > strictly a mail server on which I don't like to haphazardly install programs > I'm unfamiliar with. At least those that don't come with the system. :-) > > I tried this by analogy with man uuencode's example (uuencode src_tree.tar.Z > | mail sys1!sys2!user) > > uuencode /var/mail/test |mail -s test user@domain.com > > Which didn't work. I'm quite ignorant about /usr/bin/mail and have never > used uuencode, and haven't found reference yet to the sys1!sys2!user syntax > or its interpretation. The uuencode solution suggested by another results in a single very large attachment containing the whole mailspool being sent in one or more messages. I'm assuming that this isn't your intention. If you want the user to receive these messages at their new ISP as if they were just sent to them, the formail solution mentioned is the most elegant. You do not need to do a 'make install' of the procmail port; look in the work directory after just doing a 'make' and you'll find the appropriate binary. If you have any MUAs installed on the system (i.e. mutt, pine, etc.) you might be able to do a similar thing from within them. I'm not familiar with anything but mutt, in which I'd do: % mutt -R -f /path/to/mailspool Once the mailbox comes up, I'd type a capital T (assuming the default keybindings) which gives a Tag messages matching: prompt. At the prompt I'd enter just a period (which tags all messasges). Then I'd press the semicolon (to make the next command apply to all tagged messages) followed by a lowercase 'b'. This then shows a Bounce message to: prompt, at which i'd type the new email address. Then, I'd wait for quite a while as sendmail is spanked with a zillion new messages all at once. ;-) However, like any task, there are many ways to do it. You'll have to choose what you're most comfortable with. In my case, I'd use formail from the procmail port. --plambert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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