But if i just do that, only the new mails are going to be redirected,
not the ones that already arrived :(
Santiago
John Jolet wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 May 2006 15:58, Delca wrote:
>
>>i mispelled my problem, sorry :P
>>
>>i want to send all arrived mails at /var/spool/mail/john to for
>>example [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>i think the formail is a good option, but i don't know how to tell
>>sendmail to send the mails! :( I tryed running your command and there
>>was a little problem, some mails were sent again to all users (i've
>>set up a 'to all' account i mean.. one mail that sends to every user
>>an email) and i just want to be redirected to one mail account in
>>particular.
>>
>>sorry again!
>>
>>Santiago
>>
>
> um, that's just an alias.... in /etc/mail/aliases, put "john:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> save the file and run "newaliases"
>
>>On 5/2/06, Jarry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>Delca wrote:
>>>
>>>>The problem is that i don't know how to send all mails that arrived to
>>>>/var/spool/mail/username to other mail..
>>>>
>>>>i.e.: i want to send all mails at /var/spool/mail/john to
>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>cat /var/spool/mail/${USER} | formail +1 -ds sendmail -oem ${USER}
>>>
>>>I don't know if it is working, it is not my idea. But you must have
>>>alias defined before, otherwise it would be delivered probably to
>>>the same mailbox (maybe infinite loop?)...
>>>
>>>Jarry
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