Re: How can I bounce my mail from one site to another automatically?

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From: Wm E Davidsen Jr
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1989 15:09

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In article <7306@ingr.com>, fordke@ingr.com (Keith Ford x8614) writes:
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|  I read news, reply to news, and post news from uunet!ingr but my
|  base system is at uunet!ingr!b23b!dragon.  How can I have mail
|  that is sent to uunet!ingr automatically bounced to my base?

  Without going to a machine with maps and checking I don't know what
software these machines run, but here are some suggestions.

  If ingr is a BSD machine just create a .forward file in your home
directory with the line b23b!dragon in it.

  If ingr is a SysV machine running sendmail, same thing.

  If ingr is running smail have a global alias installed.

  If ingr is running deliver consult a guru for a forwarding incantation.
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|  sub-question:  How can I change the From header field?

  Since this gets mangled by a lot of mailers your best bet might be to
persuade your mailer to use a "Reply-To:" field instead. Most mailers
will reply to that field if it is present.
-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon

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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: How can I bounce my mail from one site to another automatically?
Keywords: automatic mail bounce
Message-ID: <1623@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 89 15:09:51 GMT
References: <7306@ingr.com>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
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