[ILUG] Reading Mail? (var/spool)

[conor at discuskeeping.com]

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> Colm Buckley wrote:
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>> In general, "mail" - but it's probably better to arrange to have it
>> forwarded to your principal mail address.  Depending on how your
>> system's mail agent is set up, this could be as simple as putting a
>> file called .forward into your home directory containing your "proper"
>> email address.
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>>    Colm
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> Thanks Paul, Colm managed to read it.
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> I use Postfix and Thunderbird.
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> I just create a file with me at me.com in it?

I would simply add a redirection to /etc/aliases, then run newaliases
afterwards to activate it.

You may (or may not) have additional config to do.

I normally just redirect all root's mail to my normal account login.
That way I get the new mail (most of it is junk) upon login.

> FRank

Regards
Conor.