CS Technical FAQ

echo "myname@umail.ucsb.edu" > ~/.forward

Edit your ~/.forward file and add addresses separated with a comma:

fred@flintstone.org, katz@jammer.com, jsmith@smith.com

To forward mail to an address and retain a copy in the original account:

If you want to keep a copy of each message in the original account without causing a .forward infinite loop, put a backslash in front of the account name:

\\username, fred@flintstone.org, katz@jammer.com

Warnings about mail loops

Avoid creating loops in the mail transmission flow. If you create a .forward file that points to itself (or points to a .forward file that points back to the first one, creating a ping-pong effect), you will not recieve the mail.

Don't do this:

    \\pparker, "|mail spiderman" 

The intention here is to retain a copy for pparker and mail a duplicate to the spiderman account. At first this method appears to work okay, but if there"s any type of problem delivering to spiderman, the returned mail will bounce and grow indefinitely.