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Once this is done, the next piece of mail to arrive should create your Mailbox on redbrick, and you will be able to access your mails using mutt or via the webmail interface. | Once this is done, the next piece of mail to arrive should create your Mailbox on redbrick, and you will be able to access your mails using [[mutt]] or via the webmail interface. | ||
== Setting a new forward == | == Setting a new forward == | ||
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Setting your redbrick email to forward to another address is quite simple. | Setting your redbrick email to forward to another address is quite simple. | ||
Create a file in your home directory called 'forward' and put the email address you want your mail to forward to on the first line. If you want to keep a copy in your redbrick mailbox too, you can add \username on the next line (where username is your redbrick username. | Create a file in your home directory called '.forward' and put the email address you want your mail to forward to on the first line. If you want to keep a copy in your redbrick mailbox too, you can add \username on the next line (where username is your redbrick username. | ||
Save the file, and email forwarding should now be active. | Save the file, and email forwarding should now be active. | ||
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echo "mynewaddress@somewhere.com" > ~/.forward | echo "mynewaddress@somewhere.com" > ~/.forward | ||
at your shell and it'll all be done in one step. | at your shell and it'll all be done in one step. | ||
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