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7.11 Forwarding Mail

Mail to the popstore can automatically be forwarded to other addresses. The addresses can be within the popstore or outside of it; the forwarding can be for actual popstore accounts or for non-existent accounts.

For example, suppose the host name associated with the popstore is naples.example.com. Suppose further that the popstore user jdoe would like her mail forwarded to the address jane.doe@naples.example.com. This forwarding would be accomplished with the FORWARD command:


popstore> FORWARD JDOE jane.doe@naples.example.com
popstore> SHOW/FORWARDINGS
Username                    Forwarding address 
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
jdoe                        jane.doe@naples.example.com 
To forward mail for jdoe to herself and her assistant aclarke@naples.example.com , you would use the command


popstore> FORWARD JDOE "jdoe,aclarke@naples.example.com"
popstore> SHOW/FORWARDINGS
Username                    Forwarding address 
----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
jdoe                        jdoe@naples.example.com, aclarke@naples.example.com 

Use the NOFORWARD command to remove a forwarding address:


popstore> NOFORWARD JDOE

As mentioned earlier, forwarding can be established for non-existent accounts. For instance, suppose that the address list@naples.example.com is to be forwarded to a PMDF mailing list list@example.com . This is accomplished with the FORWARD command:


popstore> FORWARD list list@example.com

Note that currently stored messages are not affected by a forwarding address. Only new messages are affected: new incoming messages will be routed to the forwarding address and not stored. Note also that the presence of a forwarding address does not prevent a user from reading any stored messages which they might have.


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