forwarding mail from different mailboxes

jc23 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hey Perl Monks,

I was wondering how to set up mail forwarding so that it will only forward mail from a particular mailbox directory? I'm using sendmail. Can you specify in a .forward file which mailbox to use so that only mail in a particular directory is forwarded? Or does this have to be done using some type of script?

Thanks.

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Re: forwarding mail from different mailboxes by cianoz (Friar) on Jul 25, 2003 at 22:39 UTC
look at Mail::Audit	[reply]
Re: forwarding mail from different mailboxes by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on Jul 25, 2003 at 23:47 UTC
jc23, Even though this really isn't a Perl question: From the man page for Sendmail on my HPUX 11.0 machine: .forward files are described in the aliases(5) manpage. From section 5 of the man pages for aliases on my HPUX 11.0 machine: If a file named .forward exists in a user's home directory and is owned by the user, sendmail redirects mail for that user to the list of addresses in the .forward file. An address in a .forward or :include: file can be anything that can appear as a mailing-list in the alias text file. Hope this helps - L~R	[reply]
Re: Re: forwarding mail from different mailboxes by jc23 (Acolyte) on Jul 28, 2003 at 15:49 UTC
Right, but say my mail is directed to various folders. How do i specify the .forward file so that only mail from folder x is forwarded? thanks. jc	[reply]
Re: forwarding mail from different mailboxes by skyknight (Hermit) on Jul 25, 2003 at 22:24 UTC
You almost certainly want to learn about a program by the name of procmail to do what you're asking.	[reply]