Before someone picks up, I meant:
readwrite-only to its owner :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hämäläinen Jori
> Sent: 5. maaliskuuta 2003 15:40
> To: Admir; exim-users@???
> Subject: RE: [Exim] Exim Forward mail, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> Hello,
>
> About user message 'directories'. They are not directories,
> they are files. Thats why you are told "(user_name) not a directory."
>
> You can check them by typing: ls -alF /var/spool/mail
> You'll see file attributes from that output.
> -rw------- is file read-only to its owner
> drwx------ is directory read-only to its owner
>
> About forward-file, you'd put it into your homedirectory.
> 1) log in as a user which mails you want to forward
> - normally you are at homedirectory at start (might be
> indicated with ~)
> depending on your shell (command line interface program)
> 2) type: cat > .forward
> or even you can type: cat > ~/.forward
> 3) type email address you want to forward: forward@???
> 4) press CTRL-D
>
> Now you should have forward-file and if MTA is configured correctly
> all messages coming to user you loggeg in forwards to
> "forward@???".
>
> One tutorial (of many) at net is (found by Google "forward email"):
> http://www.cbc.umn.edu/Education/Instructions/fwd.acct.html
>
> Best regards, Jori
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Admir [mailto:admir@kuub3.nl]
> > Sent: 5. maaliskuuta 2003 14:15
> > To: exim-users@???
> > Subject: [Exim] Exim Forward mail, HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> > Hi all!!!!
> >
> > I have a problem.
> >
> > I am totally new to Linux and I am trying to forward e-mail
> > from one address
> > to another and I have no clue how to do that.
> > I know that I have to use .forward file but I don't know how
> > to make one and
> > where to put it,
> >
> > When I try to open user directory in /var/spool/mail
> > directory I get this
> > msg. (user_name) not a directory.
> >
> > Pleas some one tell me step by step how to do this e-mail
> forwarding?
> >
> > Gr.
> >
> > Admir
> >
> >
> >
> >
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