[CentOS] send existing root email to another user

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Jason Pyeron wrote:
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>> Subject: [CentOS] send existing root email to another user
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>> Hi all,
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>> 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)
>>
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> You want to bounce the messages. Tools like Pine can do it throught a fancy UI.
> Or you can:
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> formail -s procmail < mbox
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> Assuming you set it up to be delivered corectly now.
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> http://googleit1st.com/search?q=redeliver+mbox
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hmm I tried that but nothing seemed to happen. I used Matts suggestion 
of cat /var/spool/mail/root | mail -s "mail" user at domain.com which has 
set it as one email.

Thanks
Kate
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>> 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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