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VAXman-@SendSpamHere.ORG
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 Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject:
equivalent of MAIL>SET FORWARD/USER=ME YOU on unix
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I can forward mail to YOU if account ME exists using the .forward file.
How can I create and "alias" name such as ME without creating an account
and forward it to you?
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VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?" |
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Keith A. Lewis
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject:
Re: equivalent of MAIL>SET FORWARD/USER=ME YOU on unix
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VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes in article <00A58F9D.7E2226AC@SendSpamHere.ORG> dated Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:56:14 GMT:
| Quote: | I can forward mail to YOU if account ME exists using the .forward file.
How can I create and "alias" name such as ME without creating an account
and forward it to you?
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It depends what mail-server you run.
IIRC there is a file called "aliases" which is read by sendmail, if you're
running that.
It would probably be better to ask on a Unix newsgroup, without the
reference to VMSmail.
--Keith Lewis klewis {at} mitre.org
The above may not (yet) represent the opinions of my employer. |
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Bob Koehler
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:23 pm Post subject:
Re: equivalent of MAIL>SET FORWARD/USER=ME YOU on unix
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In article <00A58F9D.7E2226AC@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
| Quote: | I can forward mail to YOU if account ME exists using the .forward file.
How can I create and "alias" name such as ME without creating an account
and forward it to you?
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Most UNIX have a system-level forward file. It may be called an
alias file.
Try man sendmail, man forward, and man alias. |
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Richard B. Gilbert
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Joined: 21 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject:
Re: equivalent of MAIL>SET FORWARD/USER=ME YOU on unix
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Bob Koehler wrote:
| Quote: | In article <00A58F9D.7E2226AC@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
I can forward mail to YOU if account ME exists using the .forward file.
How can I create and "alias" name such as ME without creating an account
and forward it to you?
Most UNIX have a system-level forward file. It may be called an
alias file.
Try man sendmail, man forward, and man alias.
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It might work better if he said man -k forward and man -k alias
Man -k may not work until someone does, as root, "catman -w" to build
the index. |
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davidc@montagar.com
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Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:
Re: equivalent of MAIL>SET FORWARD/USER=ME YOU on unix
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VAXman-@SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
| Quote: | I can forward mail to YOU if account ME exists using the .forward file.
How can I create and "alias" name such as ME without creating an account
and forward it to you?
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VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM
"Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"
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On most unix systems, edit the file "/etc/aliases" and add the
line:
me: you
Then you may have to run the command "newaliases" in order to rebuild
and have the mail server reload the alias database. |
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