thanks for the excellent replies! regards,
kevin bailey On Thursday 22 April 2004 4:06 pm, Jeff Jansen wrote: > On Thursday 22 April 2004 10:17, Kevin Bailey wrote: > > my question is - if i have set up two accounts > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > how do i redirect email from info to user1's maildir > > > > or if there is a better way this redirection can be achieved, > > Dear Kevin, > > There's several ways to get mail from one user to another. You've hit on > one - you set info's mailbox to be the same as user1's mailbox so that mail > for either is delivered to the same place. > > Another option is to define an alias. In /etc/courier/aliases create a > file that has one line in it > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Then run "mailaliases". Now you don't even have to have an userdb entry > for info. When mail arrives for that account courier will deliver it to > the other address. > > But if I understand your question right you're asking what to do if you > have two separate accounts with separate HOME directories, Maildir's, etc. > In that case you can use a .courier file in the HOME directory of info to > redirect the mail to user1. So create the file ".courier" in the HOME > directory for info that says > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Now mail that is "delivered" to the account "info" will be forwarded to > user1. In this case it will NOT be delivered to that user's INBOX. You > could have a copy sent to user1 and keep a copy by putting > > ./Maildir > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > in the .courier file. Now mail will first be delivered to info's INBOX and > then forwarded to user1. > > HTH. > > Jeff Jansen > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The Robotic Monkeys at ThinkGeek For a limited time only, get FREE Ground shipping on all orders of $35 or more. Hurry up and shop folks, this offer expires April 30th! http://www.thinkgeek.com/freeshipping/?cpg=12297 _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
