ARCHIVED: How do I forward my mail from a Unix account?

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To forward email in Unix:

  1. To remove any existing forwarding information, at the Unix prompt, enter:
      mv -f ~/.forward ~/.forward-old
  2. Add the full address of your preferred account in a new .forward file with the command below:
      echo username@host.domain > ~/.forward

    Replace username with your username on your preferred system, and replace host.domain with the name of the preferred email host computer and its domain.

At Indiana University, for personal or departmental Linux or Unix systems support, see Get help for Linux or Unix at IU.

This document was developed with support from National Science Foundation (NSF) grants 1053575 and 1548562. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.

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Last modified on 2018-01-18 09:23:44.