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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2012-09-17 05:46:07 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2012-09-17 05:46:07 +0000
commit6c96dc2aebd3752ef45888ef79b75bab6b6277aa (patch)
treefa1ede724f3ec5dd90a94c3a058f6b414a9f00f3 /usr.sbin
parentc15f893daadc639bca63326e50aac4ab1501ae05 (diff)
various tweaks; ok gilles
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/smtpd/forward.538
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/smtpd/forward.5 b/usr.sbin/smtpd/forward.5
index 4a3ca7e1b2b..8abe198a8f0 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/smtpd/forward.5
+++ b/usr.sbin/smtpd/forward.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: forward.5,v 1.5 2012/09/12 18:56:34 gilles Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: forward.5,v 1.6 2012/09/17 05:46:06 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Gilles Chehade <gilles@openbsd.org>
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 12 2012 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 17 2012 $
.Dt FORWARD 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -22,40 +22,46 @@
.Nd email forwarding information file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Users may put a
-.Pa .forward
+.Nm .forward
file in their home directory.
If this file exists,
.Xr smtpd 8
-will expand it to new delivery envelopes.
+forwards email to the destinations specified therein.
.Pp
A
-.Pa .forward
+.Nm .forward
file contains a list of expansion values, as described in
.Xr aliases 5 .
Each expansion value should be on a line by itself.
However, the
-.Pa .forward
+.Nm .forward
mechanism differs from the aliases mechanism in that is disallows
-file inclusion and it performs expansion under the user ID of the
-.Pa .forward
+file inclusion
+.Pq :include:
+and it performs expansion under the user ID of the
+.Nm .forward
file owner.
.Pp
Permissions on the
-.Pa .forward
-file are very strict and expansion will be rejected if file is
-group or world-writable, if home directory is group writeable,
-or if file is not owned by the user.
+.Nm .forward
+file are very strict and expansion is rejected if the file is
+group or world-writable;
+if the home directory is group writeable;
+or if the file is not owned by the user.
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width ~/.forward -compact
+.Bl -tag -width "~/.forwardXXX" -compact
.It Pa ~/.forward
-email forwarding information
+Email forwarding information.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following file forwards mail to
+.Dq user@example.com ,
+and pipes the same mail to
+.Dq examplemda .
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# anything after # is ignored
# empty lines are ignored
-user@example.com
+user@example.com # anything after # is ignored
"|/path/to/examplemda"
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO