Tufts EECS Systems Information

Forwarding Mail

How to forward a CS or ECE email account

The easiest way is to forward an email address is to open a UNIX session on ‘linux.eecs.tufts.edu’ At the command line type:

echo username@ISPaddress > .forward

Example: foobar01@gmail.com
Example: toobaa04@comcast.net

If you wish to do it the hard way:

  1. Login to the UNIX system ‘linux.eecs.tufts.edu’
  2. Use a text editor such as ‘vi’ or ‘vim’
  3. At the command line type: 
    vim .forward

    ^^ This will create a new file in your home directory, or edit one if it already exists.

  4. Type: ‘i’ (for insert)
  5. Type the address you wish to the mail to go to: 
    your.username@tufts.edu
username@ISPaddress
  6. Press: ‘Esc’ (escape)
  7. Type: ‘:qw!’
    ^^ This tells vi/vim to write the changes to the file and quit.
  8. Press Enter

Forwarding to a GMail account

If you are trying to forward to a GMail account, sending test emails from that same GMail account will not work. Google will not deliver mail sent from a GMail account to a third party account if that third party account forwards back to the sending GMail account. Test from a different account, and it should work.