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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Is there a way to forward and keep mail?
Message-ID: <27947:Oct1904:04:4490@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 90 04:04:44 GMT
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In article <epeterso.656267220@houligan> epeterson@encore.com (Eric Peterson) writes:
> Simply create a file called ".forward" in your home directory that
> contains the following line (including the quotation marks):
>    "| tee /usr/spool/mail/mbonner | mail other-acct@host.domain"

Don't do this! tee will overwrite the mailbox on every new piece of
mail. tee -a is implemented incorrectly on some systems. And the mailbox
format is probably not just one message after another.

Much better is to have two lines:
\mbonner
other-acct@host.domain

The \ turns off all alias interpretation and forces delivery straight to
your mailbox. This is much more efficient than the above pipe, and it
works.

---Dan