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diff --git a/share/man/man5/forward.5 b/share/man/man5/forward.5 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2234ff359091 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/forward.5 @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 +.\" Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Mike Pritchard and +.\" contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 2, 1996 +.Dt FORWARD 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm forward +.Nd mail forwarding instructions +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm .forward +file contains a list of mail addresses or programs +that the user's mail should be redirected to. +If the +file is not present, then no mail forwarding will be done. +Mail may also be forwarded as the standard input to a program +by prefixing the line +with the normal shell pipe symbol (|). +If arguments +are to be passed to the command, then the entire line +should be enclosed in quotes. +For security reasons, the +.Nm .forward +file must be owned by the user the mail is being sent to, +or by root, and the user's shell must be listed in +.Pa /etc/shells . +.Pp +For example, if a +.Nm .forward +file contained the following lines: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +nobody@FreeBSD.org +"|/usr/bin/vacation nobody" +.Ed +.Pp +Mail would be forwarded to +.Aq nobody@FreeBSD.org +and to the program +.Pa /usr/bin/vacation +with the single argument +.Ar nobody . +.Pp +If a local user address is prefixed with a backslash +character, mail is delivered directly to the user's +mail spool file, bypassing further redirection. +.Pp +For example, if user chris had a +.Nm .forward +file containing the following lines: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +chris@otherhost +\echris +.Ed +.Pp +One copy of mail would be forwarded to +.Ar chris@otherhost +and another copy would be retained as mail for local user chris. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width $HOME/.forward -compact +.It Pa $HOME/.forward +The user's forwarding instructions. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr aliases 5 , +.Xr mailaddr 7 , +.Xr sendmail 8 |