RE: [cobalt-users] "Moving" a users email ?

["Chuck Lewis" <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you EVERYONE for some GREAT advice on this. I have learned a LOT and
that is always good.

I got a suggestion from the non-Cobalt Qube-Users list to try changing from
the incoming mail server from the named form to the IP address and it worked
!

So now on to investigating a DNS problem (that only effects on user) I
guess...

Thanks again everyone !

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Colin J. Raven
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:51 AM
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] "Moving" a users email ?


See below, this reply didn't get quoted right for some unknown reason-sorry
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1° install fetchmail (http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/fetchmail/index.html)

2° modify the user account to forward imcoming mail to her aol account

3° write a .fetchmailrc :

poll localhost with proto POP3
	user her-username there with password her-password there is
username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx here options fetchall

4° run fetchmail

All the mail queued will be fetched and re-sent to the user...

HTH

fred

> > wondering if there is ANY WAY to:
> >
> > (1) take her mail that is queued to her account on the Qube 2
> and forward it
> > to either a new account I set up on the Qube that forwards to her AOL
> > account which she can get to OK
> >
> > - OR -
> >
> > (2) just get her queued email straight to her AOL account ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance !
> >
I wouldn't do it that way. If this is a one-time thingy and not recurring
(in which case yes, automate of course) then:

1. Log into her account via the shell
2. Fire up Pine (don't know what version you have on the Qube)
3. Do a "select" and choose "all"
4. Do a "bounce"
5. Fill in her new email addy when prompted
6. Send.
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Therafter, stick an entry in her .forward (or use the GUI to send all mail
onwards)

This *will* work, I've done it for users when necessary.

HTH

-Colin
--
Colin J. Raven

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