Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:38:43 -0500 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: Andy Wodfer <wodfer@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to forward old root mails to an external email address? Message-ID: <BD35EB2EAC105DDFFA55CB82@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> 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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--As of February 19, 2011 11:39:38 PM +0100, Andy Wodfer is alleged to have said: > 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? > > 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? --As for the rest, it is mine. Well, it doesn't have to be root, just $home/.procmailrc of some user that can read /var/mail/root... Otherwise, correct. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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