Document forward(1) better.
PR: docs/10126 Submitted by: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
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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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.\" $Id$
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.\" $Id: forward.5,v 1.2 1997/03/07 03:28:00 jmg Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd July 2, 1996
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.Dt FORWARD 5
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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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.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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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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