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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
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Subject: Re: Can't forward mail
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Date: 15 Apr 91 19:44:12 GMT
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In article <1991Apr10.034817.27180@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>In mail, on some Suns, I can forward a message to someone else by
>doing this:
>
>&  | mail somebody@somewhere
>
>On other Suns I get the message "No applicable messages from {mail}"
>when I try to do this. What am I doing wrong?

You have to quote the argument to |. Do this:

& | 'mail somebody@somewhere'

Works like a charm.

		-Kartik
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