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From: stv@qantel.UUCP (Steve Vance@ex2499)
Newsgroups: net.mail
Subject: Re: Standardising the "postmaster" concept
Message-ID: <533@qantel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Sep-85 21:33:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: qantel.533
Posted: Thu Sep 19 21:33:53 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 07:15:35 EDT
References: <426@mungunni.OZ> <10298@ucbvax.ARPA> <5307@mit-eddie.UUCP>
Reply-To: stv@qantel.UUCP (Steve Vance@ex2499)
Organization: MDS Qantel, Hayward, CA
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In article <5307@mit-eddie.UUCP> gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner) writes:
>Ahem.
>
>In Unix System V, /bin/mail allows aliasing without passwd entries by
>placing in /usr/mail/user the line 
>
>Forward to path!someone
>
>so that mail addressed to "usenet" can be forwarded to someone who can
>answer the questions.  Unfortunately, it can't expand to more than one
>address. 

Ahem.  Ahem.  Cough Cough.

1%% cat /usr/mail/bogus
Forward to stv
2%% mail bogus
Subject: test
this is a test
test. test. test.
EOT
Can't send to bogus
"/q7/stv/dead.letter" 2/32
3%% 

This would only work if there was a line in my /etc/passwd file 
that started with "bogus".

Also, you're right, there is no way to say 
	"Forward to curly, larry, moe"
or anything like that, let alone 
	"Forward to ~/mailarchive" or 
	"Forward to |lp".  
This limits the value of the "Forward to" feature, in my opinion.
-- 

Steve Vance
{dual,hplabs,ihnp4}!qantel!stv
dual!qantel!stv@berkeley
Qantel Corporation, Hayward, CA


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