Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 13:22:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Stevens <Kevin_Stevens@pursued-with.net> To: RYAN vAN GINNEKEN <rmvg@computerking.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting old mail from ro Message-ID: <20030714131912.A88726@babelfish.pursued-with.net> In-Reply-To: <20030714131054.C88726@babelfish.pursued-with.net> References: <3F130A29.7010703@computerking.ca> <20030714131054.C88726@babelfish.pursued-with.net>
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Kevin Stevens wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, RYAN vAN GINNEKEN wrote: > > > anyone know how to send the mail in root's Maildir to another user i > > have forwarded the the root address already but need the mail that is > > already sitting in that account. > > If you install procmail there's an appropriate incantation to accomplish > this. If no one else posts it by this evening I can find it. > > KeS Here, I found the message. formail is part of the procmail port. This worked for me when I had the same question a few months ago: > > The question is: is there a way to take the messages he has > > accumulated in the local account mbox, and resubmit them to sendmail > > so that my server, recognizing that it is no longer authorized to > > receive mail for that domain, will go out and deliver them to his server? > > > >formail -Y -s /usr/sbin/sendmail user@new.address < /var/spool/mail/user. > >Leif Hope it helps. KeS
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