Re: problems with mailagent
On 13 May 1996 srivasta@pilgrim.umass.edu wrote:
> Ahh, I see. [I am copying this to debian user, since the answer maybe
> useful to others as well.]
>
> People using mailagent with popclient may want to run
> mailagent by itself after downloading mail from the server9since
> popclient delivers directly yo the spool file, not honoring .forward
> files), like so:
> % mailagent -f /var/spool/mail/<username>
>
> Fron the manpage:
> -f mailfile Using mailfile as a UNIX-style mailbox (i.e. one where each
> mail is preceded by a special From line stating the sender
> and the date the message was issued), extract all its mes-
> sages into the queue and process them as if they were
> freshly arrived from the mail delivery subsystem.
>
> manoj
>
> --
> "When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced
> by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with
> great fervor and emotion--the distinguished but elderly scientists are
> then, after all, probably right." --Isaac Asimov %%
> Manoj Srivastava Systems Research Programmer, Project Pilgrim,
> Phone: (413) 545-3918 A143B Lederle Graduate Research Center,
> Fax: (413) 545-1249 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
> <srivasta@pilgrim.umass.edu> <URL:http://www.pilgrim.umass.edu/%7Esrivasta/>
However, it does honor /etc/aliases.
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