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From: nelson@berlioz.nsc.com (Taed Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Screening mail
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.021204.1003@berlioz.nsc.com>
Date: 26 Feb 91 02:12:04 GMT
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In article <1991Feb25.210133.24256@ssd.kodak.com> weimer@ssd.kodak.com writes:
>
>I don't remember where I posted this last week, so I'll repost it here.
>This works in SunOS:
>
>=================== Start .forward file ============================
>"|<path>/mailsort.csh <login id> ~/MAIL"
>==================== End .forward file =============================

Careful.  This will only work if there is no centralized mailserver, ie
  where the OS will create a mail daemon for you running AS YOU.  Otherwise,
  it won't understand the meaning of "~" or any path variables.  I know
  because I made this mistake over the weekend.  I tested it on my local
  machine, and it worked fine, but it bounced all incoming mail that
  went through the central server.