Re: [cobalt-users] Mail Forwarding

[Nikolas Samios <ns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jason,

as somebody already posted:

You'll need to edit the "aliases" file in /etc and after that run "newaliases"
to make the changes effective. Add a line like this in the aliases-file:

username:            username, username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

...so the mails for the local user "username" are BOTH delivered to a local
inbox and to an external email-account.

On a RaQ2 there is no way to do this with the GUI.

To save the changes to the aliases file you'll have to get root privileges
first. You can do this by entering "su" in telnet and then giving your
admin-password. This may affect your warranty btw.

I hope this helpes,

byebye,

Niko

Jason Braverman wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> I have a RaQ2.  I do not want the local system to drop the mail and forward
> it to a second address, That is accomplished from the web interface very
> easily.  I want to RETAIN the mail and CC: it to anotehr address at the same
> time.  Any ideas?
>
> Also, when I try to edit "aliases" with VI it will not let me save the file
> even if I issue a :w!  how do I get VI to save the changes?
>
> Thanks!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dom Latter <qube@xxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 8:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Mail Forwarding
>
> > > Jason Braverman wrote:
> > >
> > > I want to forward all mail that is sent to some users to a second
> internet
> > > email address.  When I add the secondary email address to the Forward
> Email
> > > box on the web interface it forwards the mail and the mail is no longer
> > > available for downloading by an email client.  Any ideas?
> >
> > If you're trying to forward joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx to joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > then add a line like this to /etc/aliases:
> >
> > joe: joe,joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > If it says this:
> >
> > joe: joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > then it gets forwarded to "otherdomain" without hanging around to
> > be picked up locally - I guess this is what the web interface does.
> >
> > BTW, Jason, it helps (in general) to say what machine you're using:
> > Qube1, Raq2, etc.
> >
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