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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-08-27 20:39:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-08-27 20:39:33 +0000 |
| commit | e85b479c756358a4afd6d9201a4848d8b07ee3cf (patch) | |
| tree | cae342e37ca98a40d98b7060612f43e7f6b1b060 | |
| parent | a7441c67b3f3c2f1c039ba896b3631566c40a292 (diff) | |
document \user; from Kristaps D?onsons, originally from Mengzhu Wang
document comma separated entries; from millert
reorganise the page a bit to read better
ok millert
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/forward.5 | 36 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/forward.5 b/share/man/man5/forward.5 index 93d4d126dd2..bca9858180d 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/forward.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/forward.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: forward.5,v 1.7 2007/05/31 19:19:58 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: forward.5,v 1.8 2008/08/27 20:39:32 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2001 Marco S. Hyman .\" @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 27 2008 $ .Dt FORWARD 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -26,32 +26,38 @@ If this file exists, addresses found in the .Pa .forward file. -.Pa .forward -files must not be group or world writable. -The user's home directory should not be group writable. -The -.Pa .forward -file must be owned by and readable by the indicated user. .Pp A .Pa .forward file contains one or more lines where each line is an e-mail address or the name of a private incoming mailer where incoming mail will be forwarded. -Examples: +Multiple entries may be specified on one line, comma separated. +Additionally, a copy of all mail may be retained +on the local machine using a +.Dq \euser +entry. +.Pp +.Pa .forward +files must not be group or world writable. +The user's home directory should not be group writable. +The +.Pa .forward +file must be owned by and readable by the indicated user. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.forward -compact +.It Pa $HOME/.forward +e-mail forwarding information +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES .Bd -literal -offset indent # lines with # in the first column are ignored # empty lines are ignored # #@# with whitespace on both sides may be used to start a comment -foo@bar.baz.com #@# is a comment anywhere +foo@bar.baz.com, \euser #@# is a comment anywhere "| /usr/local/libexec/slocal -user foo" .Ed -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.forward -compact -.It Pa $HOME/.forward -e-mail forwarding information -.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr aliases 5 , .Xr sendmail 8 |