In some situations you may need a copy of all messages to a specific account or domain automatically saved to a file. Both the alias and redirect keyword allows you to give a file or folder path as a <pattern2>:
alias peter@cust1.dk cust1.02@avalonia.dk :archive:cust1:peter:
alias paul@cust1.dk cust1.03@avalonia.dk :archive:cust1:paul
Here the first line forwards all messages to "peter@cust1.dk" to the mailbox
"cust1.02@avalonia.dk", but at the same time a copy of the message is saved
as a seperate file in a folder named "peter" inside a folder named "cust1"
inside a folder named "archive", placed in the "MailRouter Ÿ" folder.
MailRouter will automatically create all needed folders if missing. The format
of the individual message files is the same as the file format used by the
mail server. In the second line all messages to "paul@cust1.dk" are forwarded
to "cust1.03@avalonia.dk", and at the same time saved to a single file named
"paul". The format of the file is the same as the mailbox format used by some
mail clients such as Eudora and elm. This allows the files to be opened and
used directly from those mail clients.
By giving a folder path (ending with ":") messages will be saved as individual
files, with the names given by your mail server when it passes the messages on
to MailRouter. By giving a file path (not ending with ":") messages will be
saved in the same file, with the name given in the path.
A path starting with the character ":" is taken to be a partial path always
starting in the "MailRouter f" folder, but it is also possible to give a full
path (including spaces):
alias peter@cust2.dk cust2.01@avalonia.dk "Boot:mail archive:peters mail"
redirect service "Mail:archive ""folder"":" Mail:backup:service
In the first line all messages to "peter@cust2.dk" are forwarded to the address "cust2.01@avalonia.dk", while also saving a copy in the file "Boot:mail archive:peters mail". In the second line all messages to all "service" accounts are saved into both a seperate file placed in the folder "Mail:archive "folder":" and the file "Mail:backup:service".
Generally any <pattern2> that contains the character ":" will be taken
to be a file or folder path, and if possible, all needed folders and files
will automatically be created by MailRouter.
Note: MailRouter does not accept paths containing "::", and will
interpret all occurrences of "::" as ":".