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Date:      Sun, 22 Aug 1999 13:56:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
To:        big-sky@altavista.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: .forward file
Message-ID:  <199908221756.NAA23056@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com>
In-Reply-To: <001101beecc5$c2c119e0$0201010a@cmr.net> from Mark Einreinhof at "Aug 22, 99 12:42:53 pm"

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Mark Einreinhof wrote,
> What are the specs for a .forward file? Does it go in your home dir or your
> mail dir under your home dir? Does sendmail know to read that automatically?

If you are using the default sendmail(8) shipped with FreeBSD,

> What are the specs for a .forward file? 

See forward(5) and aliases(5).

> Does it go in your home dir or your mail dir under your home dir?

From forward(5),

FILES
     $HOME/.forward   The user's forwarding instructions.

> Does sendmail know to read that automatically?

The default shipped with FreeBSD will.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@home.com


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