afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA (05/16/91)
Is there a way to automatically (i.e. while I'm at a USENIX conference for example :) ) to redirect my e-mail to a co-worker? Is there maybe some public domain software that can do this? -- Pat Hertel Canadian Meteorological Centre Analyst/Programmer 2121 N. Service Rd. phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca Dorval,Quebec Environment Canada CANADA H9P1J3
jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) (05/17/91)
>>>>> On 16 May 91 14:41:31 GMT, afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA said:
Pat-|> Is there a way to automatically (i.e. while I'm at a USENIX conference
Pat-|> for example :) ) to redirect my e-mail to a co-worker?
Pat-|> Is there maybe some public domain software that can do this?
Pat-|> --
Pat-|> Pat Hertel Canadian Meteorological Centre
Pat-|> Analyst/Programmer 2121 N. Service Rd.
Pat-|> phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca Dorval,Quebec
Pat-|> Environment Canada CANADA H9P1J3
You will want to take a look at the vacation(1). It should
be able to do just about anything you seem to be intested in
(including also saving a copy of the message for yourself.)
jc
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(Quote from the eulogy for the late Christa McAuliffe.)jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (george) (05/17/91)
: :All you need is a .forward file in your ~/ :Problems : It does'nt keep any copy in your mailbox for your reference. : It gets confused if you specify yourself as recipient. : you can specify a file to direct your mail to in your .forward ________.forward______ coworker@address,/usr/users/me/mbox be careful ( at least on my sun's ..) the file must exist and be world-writeable according to the sun manual ( which is particulatrly cryptic ) you can "forward" the mail to yourself with a backslash coworker@address,/usr/users/me/mbox,\me or pipe to a command ( rtm.. ) see also vacation(1) I've found the forward system to be a bit high strung. Make an error in one entry ( such as wrong file protection ) and your mail may not get sent to any of the intended recipiants. Also mail bouncing back from an forward-to address gets re forwarded to that address in an infinite loop, eventually being sent >/dev/null I found out the hard way, hmm I havent gotten any mail all week :-( BTW, before i get 100 rtfm's It looks like there is a way to handle this but I still think it is worth pointing out the potential problem. -- -george george@mech.seas.upenn.edu
adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu (Adrian J Ho) (05/17/91)
In article <JC.91May16163914@raven.bu.edu> jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) writes: >You will want to take a look at the vacation(1). It should >be able to do just about anything you seem to be intested in >(including also saving a copy of the message for yourself.) I believe the original poster merely wanted to _redirect_ mail to a co-worker (for immediate processing, I presume), in which case vacation(1) is overkill. A simple e-mail forwarding address in ~/.forward would do nicely. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Ho, EECS (pronounced "eeks!") Dept. Phone: (415) 642-5563 UC Berkeley adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrian Ho, EECS (pronounced "eeks!") Dept. Phone: (415) 642-5563 System Manager, ME Dept. UC Berkeley adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu
jfv@cbnewsk.att.com (j.f.van valkenburg) (05/17/91)
In article <4328@pluto.dss.com>, irfan@pluto.dss.com (Syed M. Irfan Ashraf) writes: > In article <1991May16.144131.11440@cid.aes.doe.CA> afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA () writes: > %Is there a way to automatically (i.e. while I'm at a USENIX conference > %for example :) ) to redirect my e-mail to a co-worker? > > All you need is a .forward file in your ~/ > Check it with your local UNIX documentation. Put the email addresses of > co-worker there. > > You can have more than one forwarding addresses. It works automatically. > Problems : It does'nt keep any copy in your mailbox for your reference. > It gets confused if you specify yourself as recipient. > > %Is there maybe some public domain software that can do this? > %-- > %Pat Hertel Canadian Meteorological Centre > %Analyst/Programmer 2121 N. Service Rd. > %phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca Dorval,Quebec > %Environment Canada CANADA H9P1J3 > > -- > Irfan > > ======================================================================= > All praises to God; The Sustainer/Lord of all universes. This function is part of the mail(1) command in UNIX. In part the format is mail -Fsysid!userid or mail -F"userid,sys!user,sysa!userb" for multi forwards and to remove the forwarding mail -F"" Thanks ------------------------ James F. Van Valkenburg a.k.a. "van" AT&T Attmail: !jfv jfv@cbnewsk.att.com Atlanta, GA. Voice 404-873-7920 =============================================================================== ---- Standard Disclaimers included -- Just another grunt at AT&T ---- ===============================================================================
kepowers@mbunix.mitre.org (Powers) (05/17/91)
>You can have more than one forwarding addresses. It works automatically. >Problems : It does'nt keep any copy in your mailbox for your reference. > It gets confused if you specify yourself as recipient. What kind of system are you using that gets confused if you specify yourself as a recipient? I've seen it work under SunOS and under Ultrix. It <should> work. -- ---------- Kelly-Erin Powers The MITRE Corporation Unix Systems Group Burlington Road (617) 271-2143 Bedford, MA 01730 kepowers@mbunix.mitre.org your_neighborhood!linus!mbunix!kepowers
afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA (05/17/91)
Thanks to the many who answered my question about mail forwarding The almost unanimous consensus was cretaing a file .forward with the foorwarding address in it. Despite the fact that no man exists for it (an SGI running IRIX) it worked. I get the impression that this is pretty common knowledge. How the hell do you achieve this nirvana of "common knowledge" in UNIX!? I have RTFM'ed myself blind. -- Pat Hertel Canadian Meteorological Centre Analyst/Programmer 2121 N. Service Rd. phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca Dorval,Quebec Environment Canada CANADA H9P1J3
guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (05/20/91)
> Thanks to the many who answered my question about mail forwarding > The almost unanimous consensus was cretaing a file .forward > with the foorwarding address in it. Despite the fact that no > man exists for it (an SGI running IRIX) Did you try reading SENDMAIL(1M) (I'm assuming that since IRIX is S5-flavored, the "sendmail" man page would be in section 1M; if it's not there, try looking in other sections)? (BTW, most of the replies seemed to assume that you were running a mail system that supported ".forward"; "sendmail" does, and some others may as well, but I don't think they *all* do. You happened to, in fact, be running one that did, but if you weren't, all the ".forward" advice would have been for naught. Another reply assumed you were running a system where "mail -F" would start forwarding up; that's an S5ism, and, while IRIX may support it, not *all* UNIX systems do.)
tomb@marque.mu.edu (Tom Baas) (05/20/91)
In article <1991May16.144131.11440@cid.aes.doe.CA> afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA () writes: >Is there a way to automatically (i.e. while I'm at a USENIX conference >for example :) ) to redirect my e-mail to a co-worker? >Is there maybe some public domain software that can do this? You probably don't need any additional software. Depending on what kind of mailer you have you can: 1) In your empty $MAIL file put an entry: Forward to: username 2) In your $HOME directory create a file: .forward a file called .forward In this file put an entry: username On the systems I work with, either one of these choices work but they are handled differently so if they both work on your system I would test each one to see which one works best(correctly). -- I can accept e-mail and Voice-mail at: tbaas!tom or tom@tbaas or ....marque!tomb or tomb@marque or Voice at: 1-414-377-4038