Re: mail spool
I screwed up! So don't follow my directions from my previous mail.
try this instead:
cat USERNAME.old /var/spool/mail/USERNAME > USERNAME.new
mv USERNAME.new /var/spool/mail/USERNAME
On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Chris Wagner wrote:
> > Hey list, is there a way to easily forward someone's mail spool to another
> > remote account without opening it up and manually bouncing each message?
> > I'm migrating users off this one box and a few of them have left over mail.
>
> Maybe you weren't looking for a simple answer; I have had to do this a
> few times. Just ftp the files over as USERNAME.old then do a
> cat USERNAME.old /var/spool/mail/USERNAME > /var/spool/mail/USERNAME
> (Of course, this would only work, if you have access to the new mail
> machine.)
Jeremy C. Reed
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