[comp.unix.xenix.sco] How do you make ODT forward mail ?

dixon@twisto.compaq.com (Dixon Dick) (04/02/91)

All's I want MMDF to do is, when it gets mail for me, send it to
another account on another machine. Sounds simple, eh ?

I tried the usual .forward file and got nowhere. The MMDF administrators 
guide offerred no clues other than aliases (which are very seamy at the least).
Anyone know any better ?

dcd

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paulz@sco.COM (W. Paul Zola) (04/12/91)

In article <176@twisto.compaq.com> dixon@twisto.compaq.com (Dixon Dick) writes:
}All's I want MMDF to do is, when it gets mail for me, send it to
}another account on another machine. Sounds simple, eh ?
}
}I tried the usual .forward file and got nowhere. The MMDF administrators 
}guide offerred no clues other than aliases (which are very seamy at the least).
}Anyone know any better ?
}
}dcd
}
}%  Dixon Chan Dick  (dixon@twisto.compaq.com)   Compaq Computer Corp.	 %
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}% "All dumb opinions expressed here are mine and not Compaq's etc. etc." %



The following article from the SCO Information Tools database should help 
with your problem.   I'm posting because I think this may be of general
interest.

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How to set up mail forwarding in MMDF.

KEYWORDS:  .maildelivery mmdf unix resend forwarding

RELEASE:   SCO UNIX System V/386 Operating System Generic 

PROBLEM:   How do you set up MMDF to forward mail delivered to
	   one account to be sent to another account?
	   
SOLUTION:  Suppose we have two user accounts, `pebbles' and
	   `bambam'.  Further suppose we want mail that is sent
	   to `pebbles' to be forwarded to `bambam'.  To implement
	   this, create a file in `pebbles' home directory called
	   `.maildelivery' containing the following line:

	   To	pebbles	|	A	/usr/bin/resend	bambam

	   Mail sent to pebbles will now be forwarded to bambam.

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I hope this helps you with your problem.

-
Paul Zola			Software Support Engineer 
				paulz@sco.COM 
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