How do I setup automatic email forwarding or vacation messages?

Easy way:

Log in to https://portal.stat.ubc.ca then:

Go to My Stuff -> Email Forwarding/Vacation Message or click here to get there.

Manual Setup Forwarding Email:

 Log into the StatNet server using SSH.
 $ ssh your_email@login.stat.ubc.ca

Check if there is a file named ".forward" in your home directory.
$ ls -l .forward

If there is no such file, then use any text editor (e.g. vi, emacs) to create the ".forward" file in your home directory.

# If you want only forwarding, and don't want a local copy of the message
At your home directory, use any text editor to create the ".forward" file..
$ emacs .forward or vi .forward

   your_other@email.address

OR simply run this command
 $ echo 'your_other@email.address' > ~/.forward
 # If you want forwarding, and also keep a local copy of StatNet message.  NOT recommended,
 $ echo '\user_name,your_other@email.address' >~/.forward
    NOTE:   the '\' character is important: it disables any aliasing and prevent Email loops.

If there already exists the ".forward" file in your home directory, then it means you already setup e-mail forwarding. You can use any text editor (e.g. vi, emacs) to change the destination e-mail address.

For example, if the destination address in the ".forward" file is abc@gmail.com, and you want to change
the destination address to abcyahoo@yahoo.com. Then you can use any text editor to open the ".forward" file.
Then replace
   abc@gmail.com

with
   abcyahoo@yahoo.com

To deactivate, remove the above file:
$ rm ~/.forward

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