Re: archive alias mail?

[tom minchin <tom interact net au>]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 06:09:24PM +1100, David Taylor wrote:
> So far, I've been unable to find documentation on archiving e-mail that
> is sent to aliases.  I've read the sendmail FAQ and the mailhelp
> documentation at the moongroup site.
> 
> I have 3 aliases, each of which I'd like to archive.  The aliases are
> specified in /etc/aliases, of course.  I'd like to be able to maintain
> an archive for each of these that I can compress and store on a weekly
> basis.

It's pretty easy, just specify a file in the /etc/aliases line, eg:

redhat-list:	myemail,/var/archive/redhat-list.txt

Probably have to mess with the permissions of the redhat-list.txt file (ie
touch it first to create it then give it the right ownership that sendmail
will accept).

> 
> I am using sendmail 8.51.

8.8.5? I'd hope not!

tom interact net au