Forwarding Email
To setup mail forwarding, you either manually edit a file called~/.forward, or use the program mailconfig(1) to edit
this file for you. Using /local/bin/mailconfig you can also configure a
vacation message. Go to the page on sending a vacation
message for more information.
Note: You must be logged into a linux machine to run /local/bin/mailconfig.
If you usually use a Windows machine, either use cygwin or log into a linux
workstation.
Using /local/bin/mailconfig to forward e-mail.
Running /local/bin/mailconfig without any options causes
mailconfig to print its usage.
To setup forwarding from your CS e-mail account to another account, use the command
/local/bin/mailconfig -a address_to_add@domain.com
where "address_to_add@domain.com" is the address you want your mail forwarded to.
If you'd like to stop forwarding from you CS e-mail account to another e-mail account, use the command
/local/bin/mailconfig -r address_to_remove@domain.com
where "address_to_remove@domain.com" is the address you want to stop forwarding mail to.
If you'd like to keep a copy in your CS mailbox regardless of any forwarding you have setup, use the command
/local/bin/mailconfig -k option
where "option" is either "on" to keep a local copy, or "off" to not keep a copy.
Note that these options can be combined. At any time, you can view your current mail forwarding settings by using the command
/local/bin/mailconfig -d
Manually editing your ~.forward file.
The contents should be similar to the following:
user@domain.net
Where "user@domain.net" is the address you want your mail forwarded to.
To keep a copy of email in your local mailbox the contents should be similar to the following:
\user,user@domain.net
The "\" tells the mail program to send a copy of the email messages to your local mailbox.
| Page Owner: Mark Dieterich | Last Modified: Thu Jun 15 10:47:55 2006 |