Add alias to mail
To add an alias to your email account using the mail
command, you can use the following syntax:
mail -a <alias> <email address>
Replace <alias>
with the name you want to use as the alias, and <email address>
with the actual email address you want to forward to.
For example, if you want to create an alias called "john" that forwards to "[email protected]", you would use the following command:
mail -a john [email protected]
This will create a new alias called "john" that forwards all incoming email to "[email protected]".
You can also use the -s
option to specify a subject line for the forwarded email:
mail -a john -s "From John" [email protected]
This will forward email to "[email protected]" with the subject line "From John".
Note that the mail
command is usually used to send and receive email, but it can also be used to manage aliases. If you want to list all your aliases, you can use the following command:
mail -a
This will display a list of all your aliases, along with the email addresses they forward to.
Also, you can use the alias
command to manage your aliases, it's a more powerful and flexible way to manage your aliases, you can use it to create, edit, and delete aliases.
alias <alias> <email address>
For example:
alias john [email protected]
This will create a new alias called "john" that forwards to "[email protected]".
You can also use the alias
command to list all your aliases:
alias
This will display a list of all your aliases, along with the email addresses they forward to.
You can also use the alias
command to delete an alias:
unalias <alias>
For example:
unalias john
This will delete the alias called "john".