Very Computer

Our mail server is an Unix system, and I have used the .forward file to
send autoreplies and also to forward mail. However, when mail is forwarded
by entering an e-mail address in .forward, it is deleted from the original
mailbox.

I would like to set up my account while travelling to forward mail but alo
save a copy in the original mailbox. I cannot find any documentation on our
system about how to use the .forward file in this way. All help greatly
appreciated.

man procmail

Chuck Demas

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But, you can put multiple addresses in your .forward, including your
local account. All Unix MTA's are smart enough to detect the loop, and
will break out of it right away, (but the \ character specificly tells
the MTA not to expand that address anymore).

So, just setup your .forward like so..

or however you want to have it, and you'll save a copy of the mail, as
well as auto-responding, or auto-forward.
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IMO, most Unixes are fairly well documented, but it is often hard to
actually *find* the documentation. This is not a particular problem with
Unix, or is it? I guess this is a general problem with every operating
system, where the tools available to the user come from different
sources.

Ronald
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