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Article #3Re: Multiple email aliases
From: John Saunders
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 1997 00:00
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Steve Merrifield <sjm@ee.latrobe.edu.au> wrote:
> Take a typical family with one ISP, and one account, username of
> family@fake.isp but with several email aliases - eg dad@fake.isp,
> mum@fake.isp etc... Mail is sent to dad, mum, and so on, but ultimately
> it all ends up in the one file - /var/spool/mail/family.
>
> Is there a script/program which takes that file and splits it up into
> separate mail files for each alias? So dad didn't receive mums mail
> and vice versa...
While procmail is a good solution when you use a Unix command line mail
reader. If you collect your email via POP when use Netscape Communicator
to filter your email into separate mail folders.
Cheers.
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