thankyou very much, i just sent a test mail to root and it was sent to
me as user - great!
bascule
"Wignall, Mark T" wrote:
>
> in your case, log in as root, then in the home directory for root (~root)
> create a file called .forward (don't forget the '.' character. Then vi this
> file and add just the following entry:
>
> bascule
>
> mail by default will check local accounts first, kinda like dns lookups. If
> it can't resolve, then it forwards it on.
>
> Cheers!
>
> BTW: I think the info is in the mail man pages or maybe sendmail.
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bascule [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 2:42 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] mail redirection query
>
> this would work for 'internal' addresses? where would i put it and what
> is the appropriate man page
>
> tia
>
> bascule
>
> "Wignall, Mark T" wrote:
> >
> > How about just a plain old .forward file to forward all mail to any other
> > email address.
> >
> > Mark
> >
