Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:37:20 -0600 From: Mark Thiessen <samoy@the-shell.com> To: "Siegbert Baude" <Siegbert.Baude@gmx.de>, "Caleb Walker" <cwalker@cwalk.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: redirecting mail from root to another user... Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010123083628.023e7800@the-shell.com> In-Reply-To: <008e01c08551$aa7ae5c0$4011a8c0@wohnheim.uniulm.de> References: <001601c084ee$bad10fc0$0a01a8c0@cwalk.org> <0101221950120E.18556@stinky.scraprap.com>
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--=====================_349506936==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, this is valid in freebsd. Create a file in your /root directory=20 called .forward. In this file, insert any email addresses you wish to have the mail=20 forwarded too. Done At 04:32 PM 23/01/01 +0100, Siegbert Baude wrote: >Hi Caleb, > > > I am wondering what the best way to redirect all mail that gets sent to >root to > > get sent to my other user which is cwalker. I am not sure but, setting= up > > an alias in the alias file doesnt seem like a good idea. If it is let= me >know. > >I think you can also create a file named ".forward" in your root=B4s home >directory, which has the mail address, you want all mails to be forwarded >to, as the only line in it. A long time I used this, so I=B4m not= completely >sure, if it was on a FreeBSD system. At least it was on a Unix of some >flavor, hope it still works :-) > >Ciao >Siegbert > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message irc.othernet.org - for all your financial needs. irc.worldirc.org - for friendly all around chat. Mark Thiessen --=====================_349506936==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> Yes, this is valid in freebsd. Create a file in your /root directory called .forward.<br> In this file, insert any email addresses you wish to have the mail forwarded too.<br> Done<br> <br> <br> At 04:32 PM 23/01/01 +0100, Siegbert Baude wrote:<br> <blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>Hi Caleb,<br> <br> > I am wondering what the best way to redirect all mail that gets sent to<br> root to<br> > get sent to my other user which is cwalker. I am not sure but, setting up<br> > an alias in the alias file doesnt seem like a good idea. If it is let me<br> know.<br> <br> I think you can also create a file named ".forward" in your root=B4s home<br> directory, which has the mail address, you want all mails to be forwarded<br> to, as the only line in it. A long time I used this, so I=B4m not completely<br> sure, if it was on a FreeBSD system. At least it was on a Unix of some<br> flavor, hope it still works :-)<br> <br> Ciao<br> Siegbert<br> <br> <br> <br> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org<br> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</blockquote> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> <font face=3D"Tempus Sans ITC" size=3D4><b>irc.othernet.org - for all your financial needs.<br> irc.worldirc.org - for friendly all around chat.<br> <br> Mark Thiessen</font></b></html> --=====================_349506936==_.ALT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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