[plug] moving mail in postfix

[Jon L. Miller]

No mutt installed.

On Fri, April 17, 2009 11:15, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> If you have mutt installed, you can do something like this as root?
>
> mutt -f /var/mail/username <- opens mail
> T (tag messages matching)
> * (ie, tag all)
> ; s (all tagged messages, save to)
> /var/mail/newusername
>
> it should append the messages to the new mailbox with correct(!) locking
> for mbox files.
>
> Backup first though!
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009, Jon L. Miller wrote:
>> We have a mailbox that has mail in /var/mail/username that we would like
>> to move to another user.  Is there a way to move this file (username) to
>> another? Is this some sort of copy command to append the file to the new
>> user?  I'm using aliase to redirect any new mail, but currently we want
>> to
>> see the old mail mail.
>>
>>
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>> Regards,
>>
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>> Jon L. Miller MCNE CNE CCNA
>> East Perth, WA 6004
>> WA, Australia
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Regards,

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Jon L. Miller MCNE CNE CCNA
East Perth, WA 6004
WA, Australia
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