Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:57:14 +0200 From: Oliver Peter <hoschi@mouhaha.de> To: Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Wider=F8e?= Andersen <wodfer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How do I forward old root emails from the root mailbox to my address? Message-ID: <20070425095713.GA9767@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> In-Reply-To: <23ed14b80704250211l16756f5dkab26503c0f66e2a2@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 11:11:07AM +0200, Andreas Widere Andersen wrote: > Hi, > On one of my FreeBSD servers all system emails to root is stored in the root > mailbox under /var/mail/root. I have updated my alias file so new mail is > forwarded to one of my email adresses, but is there a simple way for me to > send all these old mails in root's mailbox to my email address without > logging in through pop3/imap? > > A command line trick would be perfect. mutt is your friend. Open the mbox file with # mutt -R -f /var/mail/root Then Tag all mails (press 'T' then enter '.') and bounce the tagged messages (press ';' and thenn 'b') to your personal email address. That's the easiest way I know. (Of course you need a running MTA, too) -- Oliver PETER, email: hoschi@mouhaha.de, ICQ# 113969174 "Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave." [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.3 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkYvJfkACgkQ6LH/IUVtaI/lQACfSVZ4kdZvtlGXMGBkBVDnfDq2 ELEAn34xuQeGzPOO5ewGp9vdway/RqZW =vO+Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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