Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!daver!kcdev!genco!rad
From: rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: forwarding mail
Keywords: 3B2, SVR3.1
Message-ID: <222@genco.bungi.com>
Date: 23 Jan 91 19:26:09 GMT
References: <Jan.22.21.51.12.1991.29374@remus.rutgers.edu>
Reply-To: rad@genco.bungi.com (Bob Daniel)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Gentry & Assoc. Excelsior Springs, MO
Lines: 21

In article <Jan.22.21.51.12.1991.29374@remus.rutgers.edu> mef@remus.rutgers.edu (Marc E. Fiuczynski) writes:
>Hi there,
>I'm using a 3B2 running SVR3.1.  How do I forward mail from
>this machine to another.  Basically, I want to forward all
>the mail that I receive on the 3B2 to another machine.
>
>I remember one way of doing it is to have an entry in /usr/mail/<user> :
>user@<host>
>
>Or can I use a .forward file the way it works with ucbmail?


Simply make this entry in the /usr/mail/login_id file.

Forward to machine!login_id


Then to ensure proper ownership:
# chown login_id login_id
# chgrp mail login_id
# chmod 662 login_id