[plug] Problem setting up alias for a user...

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At 10:43 5/11/99 +0800, Buddrige, David wrote:

>As part of the install for this program, I have created a user called
>"jitterbug" which is the user to whom all bug-reports are directed (ie.
>mailto:jitterbug at bugserver).  However what I want to do is to set up a
>.forward file for the jitterbug user such that whenever an email is
>delivered to that user's inbox (by sendmail), it is directed to a program
>called "new_message".

Try this:

In your mail aliases file (I'm presuming you have access to /etc/mail or
whereever your aliases are):

jitterbug: "|/bin/new message"

Then do a newaliases and restart sendmail.

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