How do I install automatic mail forwarding from OSCs supercomputing systems?
You can create a .forward file in your home directory on MSS. The format of the file is a single line: the e-mail address to which the mail is to be forwarded, e.g., name@xxx.edu. Make certain the permissions of the .forwardfile are set so the file is not writable by others; sendmail ignores .forward files whose permissions are not set correctly. Update your .forward file if your e-mail address changes. The correct permissions will show up in the command ls -l .forward as “-rwxr–r–“. The chmod command is used to change file permissions. Enter man chmod for details.
