Re: [cobalt-developers] multiple aliases for one user name

["Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"FN Publishing" <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried that and it did not work. I was told by Sun (KnowledgeBase) to
> create a .forward file and place it in the users directory. Put the
> address's in the file seperated by a comma. I have not tried it yet. Any
> comments? Has anyone tried this?

That will work.  And it can be done by the user w/out admin intervention.
Backslash the local user:

\user1, \user2, externaluser3@xxxxxxxxxx # if you wanted to send off-server
as well

Here's a solution that requires admin intervention.  Add a line into the
aliases file (/etc/aliases) like:

user1: user1, user2 # keeps copy for user1, sends copy to user2

This may also be useful:

user1: user1, externaluser2@xxxxxxxxxx # keeps copy for user1, sends copy to
external user
user1: user2, user3 # sends copy to user2 and user3 w/out keeping copy for
user1.

You will have to run "newaliases" after using this method.  You can also use
procmail to do implement complex mail rules (like forwarding only if it
matches a certain subject and is from a certain list of senders), but that's
overkill for this problem.

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