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<TITLE>Forwarding</TITLE>
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<A HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR>
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<B> Next:</B> <A HREF="node213.html">Alias Files</A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A HREF="node210.html">Delivering Messages to Local </A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A HREF="node211.html">Local Users</A>
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<BR> <P>
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<H2><A NAME="SECTION0016820000">Forwarding</A></H2>
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A user may redirect her mail by having it forwarded to an alternative
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address using one of two methods supported by smail. One option
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is to put
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<PRE>
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Forward to recipient,...
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</PRE>
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in the first line of her mailbox file. This will send all incoming mail
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to the specified list of recipients. Alternatively, she might create
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a .forward file in her home directory, which contains the
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comma-separated list of recipients. With this variety of forwarding,
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all lines of the file are read and interpreted.
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<P>
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Note that any type of address may be used. Thus, a practical example
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of a .forward file for vacations might be
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<PRE>
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janet, "|vacation"
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</PRE>
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The first address delivers the incoming message to janet's
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mailbox nevertheless, while the vacation command returns a short
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notification to the sender.
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Andrew Anderson <BR>
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Thu Mar 7 23:22:06 EST 1996</I>
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