[plug] redirecting e-mail

Fri Oct 13 15:03:04 WST 2006

Check out /etc/aliases and/or /etc/mail/aliases 

Your MTA will need to be told that the aliases file has been updated after you've changed it.

On Fri, Oct 13, 2006, Jon  Miller wrote:
> I've got a situation where I need to redirect a users e-mail to another users mailbox.  Normally this would have be done by putting a .forward file in the users /home/username folder.  In this case there is no /home/username folder for the user yet they have been getting and receiving mail.  My question is how would I go about redirecting the users e-mail and where would I find the users mailbox on a postfix/linux system.  I can see the user mailbox in /var/spool/mail.  
> 
> Thanks

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