: s-aliases # A sample system delivery file. # # While Joe is gone, send problem reports to Fred. # Note that since user delivery files are processed after this one, # Fred's user delivery file may direct all such mail back to joe # if Fred wants to be difficult. :-) # Note that a better solution is to use a bug report alias, # but this method demonstrates variable delivery based # on message headers. SUBJECT=`header -f subject $HEADER | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'` for u do case $u in joe) case $SUBJECT in *bug*|*problem*) echo fred ;; *) echo joe ;; esac ;; *) echo $u ;; esac done