FORWARD(5)

NAME
forward

SYNOPSIS
Mail forwarding file

DESCRIPTION
While MMDF is working on delivering a message it (submit) looks in the users home directory to see if they have a .forward file. If this file exists, is owned by either the user or one of MMDFs ``priveledged'' users, and is publicly readable then its contents are treated as an alias, and used to send the mail to the specified address(es).

The format of alias values is described in tables(5). MMDF acts as if the alias were:
    user: contents-of-file

FILES
$HOME/.forward

SEE ALSO
rcvtrip(1) maildelivery(5) tables(5)