I did that too, and the mail bounces back with the message:
<snip>
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mail.prayagonline.com.:
>>> RCPT To:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<<< 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Cannot mail directly to programs
550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown
----- Original message follows -----
</snip>
Also the server has .redirect and not .forward, and i was told that both
functions the same way .
Please help,
Thanking you,
Regards,
Gaurav.
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kendall Lister
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 10:29 AM
> To: Linux Networking Mailing List
> Subject: Re: .forward file...
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Gaurav Agarwal wrote:
>
> > I have hosted my site on red hat linux 5.2 server, now, there's a
> > .forward file that redirects messages ... Now i want to pipe all mail
> > coming to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to a cgi program on the server, then what
> > should i place in the .forward file ??
>
> As a starting point, putting something like "|/usr/bin/program" in
> .forward should work on most systems.
>
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> Charon Information Services - Friendly, Cheap Melbourne ISP: 9589 7781
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