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Имя (Name)

forward — email forwarding information file

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Описание (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.
     However, the .forward mechanism differs from the aliases mechanism
     in that it disallows file inclusion (:include:) and it performs
     expansion under the user ID of the .forward file owner.

     Permissions on the .forward file are very strict and expansion is
     rejected 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
     delivery 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.  Alternatively, setting the sticky(8) bit on the home
     directory will cause the .forward lookup to return a temporary
     failure, causing mails to be deferred.

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Файлы (Files)

~/.forward     Email forwarding information.

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Примеры (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"

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Смотри также (See also)

aliases(5), smtpd(8)

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