CentOS - Dec 2009 - send existing root email to another user

Hi all,

I'm running Centos 5.4
I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root file
I need to send this all to another address (preferrably external but 
local would possibly do)

I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I have set it 
so future emails get forwarded to my external address but I also need to 
shift the existing emails.

Thanks
Kate

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Lists <lists at rheel.co.nz> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running Centos 5.4
> I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root file
> I need to send this all to another address (preferrably external but
> local would possibly do)
>
> I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I have set it
> so future emails get forwarded to my external address but I also need to
> shift the existing emails.
>
>
Kate,

You need to modify /etc/aliases to have something like:

root:          user at gmail.com


You should then run /usr/bin/newaliases to make these changes active.

Matt

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Clarkson University '10

mccarrms at gmail.com
mccarrms at clarkson.edu
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Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Lists <lists at rheel.co.nz 
> <mailto:lists at rheel.co.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I'm running Centos 5.4
>     I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root file
>     I need to send this all to another address (preferrably external but
>     local would possibly do)
>
>     I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I have set
it
>     so future emails get forwarded to my external address but I also
>     need to
>     shift the existing emails.
>
>
> Kate,
>
> You need to modify /etc/aliases to have something like:
>
> root:          user at gmail.com <mailto:user at gmail.com>
>
>
> You should then run /usr/bin/newaliases to make these changes active||.
>
> Matt
Hi Matt,

I have done this and it works for new mail arriving but I need to onsend 
the existing mail.

Thanks
Kate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lists
> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 21:33
> To: centos at centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS] send existing root email to another user
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm running Centos 5.4
> I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root 
> file I need to send this all to another address (preferrably 
> external but local would possibly do)
> 
You want to bounce the messages. Tools like Pine can do it throught a fancy UI.
Or you can:

formail -s procmail < mbox

Assuming you set it up to be delivered corectly now.

http://googleit1st.com/search?q=redeliver+mbox
> I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I 
> have set it so future emails get forwarded to my external 
> address but I also need to shift the existing emails.
> 
> Thanks
> Kate
> 
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Lists wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm running Centos 5.4
> I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root file
> I need to send this all to another address (preferrably external but 
> local would possibly do)
> 
> I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I have set it 
> so future emails get forwarded to my external address but I also need to 
> shift the existing emails.
If you are running an imap server (dovecot) you can connect to both accounts 
from any imap client (evolution, thunderbird, even outlook) and select the 
messages in one account and drag to a folder in another account.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com

Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Lists <lists at rheel.co.nz 
> <mailto:lists at rheel.co.nz>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all,
>
>     I'm running Centos 5.4
>     I have a pile of emails in my root users /var/spool/mail/root file
>     I need to send this all to another address (preferrably external but
>     local would possibly do)
>
>     I have searched a lot but can't find any way to do this. I have set
it
>     so future emails get forwarded to my external address but I also
>     need to
>     shift the existing emails.
>
>
> Kate,
>
> You need to modify /etc/aliases to have something like:
>
> root:          user at gmail.com <mailto:user at gmail.com>
>
>
> You should then run /usr/bin/newaliases to make these changes active||.
An alternative is to create the file:  /root/.forward with the one line:

user at domain

I don't know which of these approaches is more efficient.  With the 
.forward, the change takes effect immediately.
>
> Matt
>
> --
> Mathew S. McCarrell
> Clarkson University '10
>
> mccarrms at gmail.com <mailto:mccarrms at gmail.com>
> mccarrms at clarkson.edu <mailto:mccarrms at clarkson.edu>
> 1-518-314-9214
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