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Article #2803Re: Forwarding mail in mailx
From: brian
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1991 21:18
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1991 21:18
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pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar) writes: >In article <1991Feb19.011151.18870@csun.edu> bacscaoc@csunb.csun.edu (Nader Nafissi) writes: >>I was wondering if anyone out there knows whether you can forward mail >>using mailx running under AT&T UNIX System V 2.1.2 ? >> >>I know that you can have a .forward file if you are using BSD sendmail, >>but I have not been able to find anything for mailx. > Possibly using smail (2.5?) with your mailx and using the alias >file to readdress mail. Or if you don't have smail, try "mail -F forwarding!address", replacing "forwarding!address" with the actual address to which you want your mail forwarded of course. It should put the following text in your /usr/mail mailbox: Forward to forwarding!address This works at least with SVR3. I don't know about SVR2.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!apple!motcsd!king.csd.mot.com!brian From: brian@king.csd.mot.com Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Forwarding mail in mailx Keywords: mailx, forwarding, system v Message-ID: <3046@motcsd.csd.mot.com> Date: 1 Mar 91 21:18:05 GMT References: <1991Feb19.011151.18870@csun.edu> <1991Feb28.230549.4003@kumr.lns.com> Sender: usenet@motcsd.csd.mot.com Distribution: na Lines: 20