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From: chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.elm,comp.mail.mush
Subject: Re: Can I use the "filter" program?
Keywords: elm filter smail sendmail
Message-ID: <1989Jun3.134744.4902@ateng.ateng.com>
Date: 3 Jun 89 17:47:43 GMT
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According to dheller@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Heller):
>Why is a separte program necessary?  I don't know-- I think I should
>really get and build Elm so I know what I'm talking about when it comes
>to issues like this.  but in mush, all you have to do is:
>
>pick -s "pattern" | mail -f <address>
>
>This forwards all messages matching a particular pattern to another site.

Elm is quite capable of taking an already-arrived message and sending a copy
of it to another user.  The "bounce" command performs that function.

However, the original question referred to the "filter" program, provided
with Elm, which forwards mail *at the time of its arrival*.  My pointer to
deliver is based on my own (biased) opinion that deliver is a better solution
than filter to the forward-on-arrival problem.