From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 20 08:19:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA14138 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:19:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dove.peace.com.my (peace.com.my [202.184.153.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA14130 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 1998 08:19:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from panda@peace.com.my) Received: from lovebox ([202.184.153.99]) by dove.peace.com.my (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id AAA13135 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 00:05:12 +0800 (SGT) Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 00:05:12 +0800 (SGT) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19980121001212.0094ba40@peace.com.my> X-Sender: panda@peace.com.my X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: chas Subject: thank you ! Re: But what if the alias name is already in use ? Re: mail aliasing Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk [from jack] >procmail, in the ports collection, is your friend :) Thanks indeed for the advice. Seems that the "\" is also my friend... I didn't realise it could be used as such : [solution A : thanks to Norman C Rice] >There is no reason to remove the `info' account, just make an >entry in /etc/aliases similar to > >info: boss,\info,pointy_hair,boss2 ... ah, i was wondering how to use the info alias without creating an infinite loop. [solution B : thanks to Andrew Kenneth Milton] >put a filed called '.forward' into the home directory with the >email addresses of the people who also wish to receive email as well as >the info account.... so you'd have.. > >\info >manager1 >manager2@offsite.domain.com > >the \ means do not follow .forwards, so it effectively re-delivers it. Better get those books out again. In the meantime, thank you, chas