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.\" Copyright (c) 1996
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.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by Mike Pritchard and
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.\" contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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1999-08-28 00:22:10 +00:00
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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1997-03-07 03:28:23 +00:00
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.\"
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1996-08-16 00:15:17 +00:00
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.Dd July 2, 1996
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.Dt FORWARD 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm forward
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.Nd mail forwarding instructions
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm .forward
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file contains a list of mail addresses or programs
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that the user's mail should be redirected to. If the
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file is not present, then no mail forwarding will be done.
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Mail may also be forwarded as the standard input to a program
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by prefixing the line
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with the normal shell pipe symbol (|). If arguments
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are to be passed to the command, then the entire line
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should be enclosed in quotes. For security reasons, the
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.Nm .forward
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file must be owned by the user the mail is being sent to,
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or by root, and the user's shell must be listed in
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.Pa /etc/shells .
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.Pp
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For example, if a
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.Nm .forward
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file contained the following lines:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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nobody@FreeBSD.org
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"|/usr/bin/vacation nobody"
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.Ed
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.Pp
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Mail would be forwarded to
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.Ar nobody@FreeBSD.org
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and to the program
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.Pa /usr/bin/vacation
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with the single argument
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.Ar nobody .
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1999-02-17 03:39:39 +00:00
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.Pp
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If a local user address is prefixed with a backslash
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character, mail is delivered directly to the user's
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mail spool file, bypassing further redirection.
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.Pp
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For example, if user chris had a
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.Nm .forward
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file containing the following lines:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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chris@otherhost
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\echris
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.Ed
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.Pp
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One copy of mail would be forwarded to
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.Ar chris@otherhost
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and another copy would be retained as mail for local user chris.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.forward -compact
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.It Pa $HOME/.forward
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The user's forwarding instructions.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr aliases 5 ,
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.Xr mailaddr 7 ,
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.Xr sendmail 8
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