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FORWARD(5) File Formats Manual FORWARD(5) NAME forward -- email forwarding information file DESCRIPTION Users may put a .forward file in their home directory. If this file exists, smtpd(8) forwards email to the destinations specified therein. A .forward file contains a list of expansion values, as described in aliases(5). Each expansion value should be on a line by itself. Ex- pansion is performed under the user ID of the .forward file owner. Permissions on the .forward file are very strict and expansion is re- jected 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. Users should avoid editing the .forward file directly, to prevent de- livery failures from occurring if a message arrives while the file is not fully written. The best option is to use a temporary file and use the mv(1) command to atomically overwrite the former .forward. Alter- natively, setting the sticky(8) bit on the home directory will cause the .forward lookup to return a temporary failure, causing mails to be deferred. FILES ~/.forward Email forwarding information. EXAMPLES The following file forwards mail to "user@example.com", and pipes the same mail to "examplemda". # empty lines are ignored user@example.com # anything after # is ignored "|/path/to/examplemda" SEE ALSO aliases(5), smtpd(8) CAVEATS The pipe `|' and :include: mechanisms are not allowed for the root user. FreeBSD Ports 14.quarterly September 5, 2024 FORWARD(5)
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