do { $line = <STDIN> } until ($line =~ /^From:/i);

if ($line =~ /\@my\.university\.edu/i) { 
##replace the email bit with whatever you want

    open (MAIL, "|/usr/sbin/sendmail 3055551212\@mypager.net") ||
        die "Can't open mail program:$!";

    $line =~ /(\w+)(.)(.)\@bio/i;
    print MAIL "From:$1\@$2\.$3\n";

    $endhead = 1;
    while ( $line = <STDIN> ){
    if ($line !~ /\w/) {$endhead = 0};  
# the above line looks for the blank line separating the body of
# the message from the headers, once it sees it, it starts sending
# the body in the email

    print MAIL "$line" unless (($line =~/^>/) || ($endhead));
# the /^>/ looks for text quoted back to me and doesn't send that
# to the pager.  I don't want to see the drivel I wrote again on
# my pager

    }
    close (MAIL);

}
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