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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/ + + |