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How to forward email from a unix account
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It's really easy to do forward email from unix, but only if you already have the correct tools. I'll start assuming you've got a windows computer with nothing special installed.
The first rule of computing states: "Before you do anything, you've got to do something else first"
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Step 1: Get an SSH client.
SSH clients let you talk to unix computers without someone spying on you. Mac OS X and beyond comes with a SSH client built in. If you run Windows, you'll need to download a free one
1a) A good one is PuTTY:
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
OR, if you want Secure FTP capability (to put files in your Unix account), you can use WinSCP:
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php
1b) Install PuTTY and open it.
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Step 2: Connect to the AGS unix server
2a) In the PuTTY field labeled "Host Name (or IP address)" enter ags.uci.edu
2b) Click "open" and say "yes" any question PuTTY may ask you
2c) Where it says "login as:" enter the user name (such as "vpadmin") and hit ENTER
2d) Enter your password and hit ENTER
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Step 3: Create a file called ".forward" that contains the email to forward to
There's a million ways to do this in UNIX, but I'll show you an easy one.
Type the following line and hit enter. Put whatever your email is in place of Super.Man@gmail.com
echo Super.Man@gmail.com > .forward
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Step 4: You're done.
If you're like me and you don't trust computers, you should test this out by sending an email to your unix account and make sure that it ends up where it is supposed to.
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