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
>
>
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