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Date:      Sat, 26 Oct 2002 20:49:52 -0700
From:      paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com>
To:        questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Sendmail .forward
Message-ID:  <3DBB6260.6030603@mac.com>
References:  <1344.207.71.22.4.1035689022.squirrel@new.host.name>

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randy@turbowarp.net wrote:

> I have tried to figure out how to use forward, but haven't gotten it to
> work.  Where is the forward statement supposed to be and how do I use it? 
> (And can I use the forward command to also forward mail to my pager?)
> 

from forward(5):

>      For example, if user chris had a .forward file containing the following lines:
> 
>            chris@otherhost
>            \chris
> 
>      One copy of mail would be forwarded to chris@otherhost and another copy would be retained as mail for local user chris.



it sounds like you want a file called $HOME/.forward that looks like:

yourID@yourpager.net
\your.local.mail.address



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