Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 09:56:43 -0500 From: Paul Chvostek <paul+fbsd@it.ca> To: Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to forward old root mails to an external email address? Message-ID: <20110222145643.GA81045@it.ca> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikV3qM6yYEdismh6BmyrR3FMXuah66AQwReU9c_@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=KzYd%2BHpozAGqoTL7a7w0Smvn3=QENbmjzZTeo@mail.gmail.com> <1837CB358903EB8C60F348FA@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <AANLkTimLMMpwk_jh18rPmh9TLw7aB7=XspNnU8T1P1Ps@mail.gmail.com> <20110219221442.39aacc81@gumby.homeunix.com> <AANLkTikV3qM6yYEdismh6BmyrR3FMXuah66AQwReU9c_@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:39:38PM +0100, Andy Wodfer wrote: > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:14 PM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:39:59 +0100 > > Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I already tried something similare, but I keep getting command not > > > found for formail. I was hoping there was a way of doing this without > > > installing additional software - just use what comes with a default > > > FreeBSD installation. > > > > formail is installed as part of the procmail package. Check for typos > > and that PATH is set correctly. > > > > Cool. Procmail is now installed, but the procmail.rc file, should that be > placed under root's home folder ie /root/procmail.rc or another user? I > assume root since Daniel's command doesn't specify any users? If you're not planning to use procmail to deliver your mail, you don't need to worry about a procmailrc file. The reason to install procmail was to get "formail", which does not use the procmailrc file. > That would mean I'm logged in as root, run the command, formail sends all > mails to procmail which sees the alias in procmail rc and sends the mails > out? Correct? You could do it that way, but it requires more setup. This is easier: # formail -s sendmail you@example.com < /var/mail/root p -- Paul Chvostek <paul@it.ca>
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