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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/Makefile | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/forward.5 | 68 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile index 89e4f8ad042..2efcad672c9 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.22 2001/08/24 19:19:46 mickey Exp $ +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.23 2001/09/11 01:06:58 marc Exp $ # $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.14 1995/05/11 23:13:15 cgd Exp $ # missing: dump.5 plot.5 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MAN= a.out.5 acct.5 bsd.port.mk.5 core.5 dir.5 disktab.5 ethers.5 fbtab.5 \ link.5 login.conf.5 moduli.5 motd.5 netgroup.5 networks.5 passwd.5 \ passwd.conf.5 nat.conf.5 pf.conf.5 phones.5 printcap.5 protocols.5 \ remote.5 resolv.conf.5 rpc.5 services.5 shells.5 stab.5 sysctl.conf.5 \ - types.5 utmp.5 wsconsctl.conf.5 + types.5 utmp.5 wsconsctl.conf.5 forward.5 MLINKS= dir.5 dirent.5 fs.5 inode.5 utmp.5 wtmp.5 utmp.5 lastlog.5 MLINKS+= hosts.equiv.5 .rhosts.5 MLINKS+= resolv.conf.5 resolver.5 diff --git a/share/man/man5/forward.5 b/share/man/man5/forward.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1d524b135a3 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/forward.5 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: forward.5,v 1.1 2001/09/11 01:06:58 marc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Marco S. Hyman +.\" +.\" Permission to copy all or part of this material with or without +.\" modification for any purpose is granted provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this paragraph are duplicated in all copies. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. +.\" +.Dd August 1, 2001 +.Dt FORWARD 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm .forward +.Nd e-mail forwarding information file +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Users may put a file named +.Pa .forward +in their home directory. If this file exists, +.Nm sendmail +(and sendmail-like mailers) will redirect mail for the user to the list of +addresses found in the +.Pa .forward +file. +.Pa .forward +files must not be group or world writable. The users 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: +.Pp +.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact +# 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 +"| /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 +.Rs +.%T "Sendmail \- An Internetwork Mail Router" +.%V SMM +.%N \&No. 9 +.Re +.Rs +.%T "Sendmail Installation and Operation Guide" +.%V SMM +.%N \&No. 8 +.Re +.Pp +http://www.sendmail.org/ + + |