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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com>
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Subject: Re: Forwarding file format
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On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Paul Walsh wrote:

> Can you give me an example of the format of a forwarding file for 
> sendmail and any other hints. I understand its location is specified in 
> sendmail.cf ?

Perhaps.

There are two ways to affect forwarding:

1.  Make an entry in /etc/aliases pointing the old name to the new:

oldname:   newname@newmachine

Appending .REDIRECT to the domain name will cause sendmail to send the 
sender a message telling him/her about the change.

2.  Drop a .forward file in the user's home directory with a list of 
email addresses to forward to, one per line.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major