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

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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Lists <lists@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@gmail.com


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




Matt

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Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Lists <lists@rheel.co.nz
> <mailto:lists@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@gmail.com <mailto:user@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
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Lists <lists@rheel.co.nz> wrote:
>
> I have done this and it works for new mail arriving but I need to onsend
> the existing mail.

IIRC procmail can do this for you.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> To: centos@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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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Lists <lists@rheel.co.nz> wrote:




>

> Kate,

>

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

>

> root: * * * * *user@gmail.com <mailto:user@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.

Ah, I misread what you were looking to do.* You should be able to do the following then.

cat /var/spool/mail/root | mail -s "Old Root Emails" user@gmail.com



Hope that helps.
Matt

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Mathew S. McCarrell wrote:

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 9:42 PM, Lists <lists@rheel.co.nz>
wrote:



>

> Kate,

>

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

>


> root: * * * * *user@gmail.com
<mailto:user@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.




Ah, I misread what you were looking to do.* You should be able to do
the following then.



cat /var/spool/mail/root | mail -s "Old Root Emails" user@gmail.com



Hope that helps.

Matt





You are a legend!!!! Thanks so much.

Kate



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