Tech Guides :: Email :: Forwarding and Vacation Reply
Forwarding Email
You can forward your axe mail to a different address while you're temporarily away from HSU, or permanently if you have more than one email address.
- SSH to axe. (SSH instructions)
- At the system prompt, type in pico .procmailrc [dot
procmailrc] and press the enter or return key. Type in :0
[colon zero] on line one and an ! [exclamation mark]
and the address(s) you want your mail to be forwarded to on line two.
Example:
:0
!johnxdoe@hotmail.com - Hold down the control key or Ctrl key and press the letter 'x' at the same time. When prompted to save the file press the letter 'y'. When it displays the file name to be saved <.procmailrc>, press the enter or return key. Exit axe account.
- To test that the .procmailrc file was set up correctly, log into the destination account and send an email message to your originating account and make sure it forwards to the account you are in.
Vacation Reply
- SSH to axe. (SSH instructions)
- At the system prompt, type in vacation -I and press the enter or return key.
- At the system prompt, type in pico .vacation.msg [dot vacation dot msg] and press the enter or return key.
- Type in a subject on line one and your message starting on line two.
Example:
Subject: Automatic Vacation Reply
I will be out of the office until August 29. - Hold down the control key or Ctrl key and press the letter 'x' at the same time. When prompted to save the file press the letter 'y'. When it displays the file name to be saved <.vacation>, press the enter or return key.
- Create a .forward file to invoke the automatic vacation reply. At the system prompt, type in pico .forward [dot forward] and press the enter or return key.
- Type \jxd2, "|vacation jxd2" [where jxd2 is your axe login and | is the pipe command, a shifted \ backslash key]. Exit pico as in step 5 above.
- To test that the vacation reply file was set up correctly, send an email message to yourself. Make sure it forwards the vacation reply message.
Turn Off Forwarding and Vacation Reply
To remove the mail forward, log into the originating account and type rm .procmailrc, and press the enter or return key.
To remove the vacation forward, log into the originating account and type rm .forward, and press the enter or return key. Type rm .vacation.msg, and press the enter or return key.
