.forward: An easy tip

[David A. Bandel]

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On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 22:57:52 -0500
Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:

[snip]

> 
> Now, she has moved, and only has access to aol. So, how
> to get her comcast mail to her?
> 
> A very easy solution was just to put this into .forward
> in her home directory:
> 
> user at aol.com
> 
> You don't even have to restart sendmail, I don't think.
> 
> I was expecting to have to edit .procmailrc. I pass this
> along because I am not really sure where this info is
> listed. I found it in the sendmail book (the Bat book). I
> guess that's why they call it the .forward file.

There's a lot more you can do with a .forward file.  Note my GPG
autoresponder.  That's a .forward file with a .vacation.msg (vacation
message) file (turned into a .vacation.db).  It just responds.  I use a
separate account so I can see who's requested my key and to note spam
activity on the account (because this account _only_ shows up as part of
my e-mail).  Gives me an idea of the exposure I'm getting just from
mailing lists like this one.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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