Jason Pyeron wrote:
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>> Subject: [CentOS] send existing root email to another user
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>> 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
>
hmm I tried that but nothing seemed to happen. I used Matts suggestion
of cat /var/spool/mail/root | mail -s "mail" user@domain.com which has
set it as one email.
Thanks
Kate
>
>> 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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12-01-2009, 02:09 AM
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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:
> 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
Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
attachments still intact?
Kate
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12-01-2009, 02:29 AM
Craig White
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On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 16:09 +1300, Lists wrote:
> 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
> >
> Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
> that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
> Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
> attachments still intact?
----
secure shell copy (scp) the file over to whatever computer you want and
open the file with Thunderbird or Evolution (I think Import mail) as it
is an 'mbox' file. You can google how to open an mbox file with whatever
e-mail program you use for e-mail (but probably not outlook).
Craig
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12-01-2009, 02:37 AM
"Mathew S. McCarrell"
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Lists <lists@rheel.co.nz> wrote:
Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
attachments still intact?
Kate
Not that I can think of but Craig's suggestion might work.
Matt
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12-01-2009, 02:48 AM
John R Pierce
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> Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
> that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
> Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
> attachments still intact?
install mutt if you haven't already. (yum install mutt)
as root, go into mutt. you should see all your messages, or at least
the first screenful of them.
tag all the messages by...
T .* <enter>
(no spaces, just shift-T, then .* to tag all and enter to make the tag
happen)
now each message header should show a *
;b
to 'bounce' all messages that are taggged. give it an address to
'bounce' them too, and voila. they remain in the mailbox, so...
;d
and yes to delete all. q to quit (it won't actually purge the deleted
messages til you quit)
in general, ; means the next command is executed on all tagged messages.
I'm sure there's probably a more elegant way to do this, but this is
thie quickest way I know.
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12-01-2009, 03:16 AM
Les Mikesell
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Lists 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.
If you are running an imap server (dovecot) you can connect to both accounts
from any imap client (evolution, thunderbird, even outlook) and select the
messages in one account and drag to a folder in another account.
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12-01-2009, 01:12 PM
Robert Moskowitz
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Craig White wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 16:09 +1300, Lists wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>> Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
>> that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
>> Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
>> attachments still intact?
>>
> ----
> secure shell copy (scp) the file over to whatever computer you want and
> open the file with Thunderbird or Evolution (I think Import mail) as it
> is an 'mbox' file. You can google how to open an mbox file with whatever
> e-mail program you use for e-mail (but probably not outlook).
This is also the way to get the archives from a mailing list, or at
least all the thousands of mailing lists whose archives are in mbox
format. And for Thunderbird there is a nice addon: ImportExportTools
that is currently at v 2.3.1
This approach definitely processes any attachments.
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12-01-2009, 01:16 PM
Robert Moskowitz
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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||.
An alternative is to create the file: /root/.forward with the one line:
user@domain
I don't know which of these approaches is more efficient. With the
.forward, the change takes effect immediately.
>
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12-01-2009, 01:19 PM
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> >> Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
> >> that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
> >> Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
> >> attachments still intact?
mutt -f /var/mail/root
tag all messages: "T."
bounce all tagged messages: ";b"
enter address to bounce to
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12-01-2009, 07:33 PM
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John R Pierce wrote:
Argh spoke to soon - its mostly all good apart from the attachments
that are on the emails don't come through as attachments.
Is there any way I can send the so that they are received with
attachments still intact?
install mutt if you haven't already. (yum install mutt)
as root, go into mutt. you should see all your messages, or at least
the first screenful of them.
tag all the messages by...
T .* <enter>
(no spaces, just shift-T, then .* to tag all and enter to make the tag
happen)
now each message header should show a *
;b
to 'bounce' all messages that are taggged. give it an address to
'bounce' them too, and voila. they remain in the mailbox, so...
;d
and yes to delete all. q to quit (it won't actually purge the deleted
messages til you quit)
in general, ; means the next command is executed on all tagged messages.
I'm sure there's probably a more elegant way to do this, but this is
thie quickest way I know.
Thank you this worked perfectly.
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