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In <1992Jul27.200734.26489@terminator.cc.umich.edu> 
	jmm@king.econ.lsa.umich.edu (Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason) writes:
:>Can someone point me to documentation for .forward files?  I've used Digital  
:>Librarian to search all of the NeXT docs, FAQ, NeXTAnswers...

irving@Happy-Man.com (Irving_Wolfe) writes:
: 
: If you're going to manage a Unix-type system, buy yourself some of
: the normal documentation:
: 1. Buy Evi Nemeth's (with 2 others) _Unix System Administration
: Handbook._
: 2. Join Usenix and buy its BSD Unix manual set.
 
: Here's my .forward file; I hope it helps:
: |/usr/local/bin/deliver irving
: 
: Here's an older version with two recipients:
: irving@happy-man.com, |/Net/beauty/usr/local/bin/newmail irving

   While I must agree that external documentation DOES help a lot, the above
original post raises a question WHY Jeffrey didn't find the entries in the 
Unix on-line manual (perhaps didn't have it selected?)...

A quick grep of the on-line Unix manuals finds...

VACATION(1)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	      VACATION(1)

	( portions deleted )

     For example, your .forward file might have:

	  \eric, "|vacation eric"

     which would send messages to you (assuming your login name
     was eric) and send a message back to the sender.

     Vacation expects a file .vacation.msg in your home directory
     containing a message to be sent back to each sender.  It
     should be an entire message (including headers).  For exam-
     ple, it might say:

	  From: eric@ucbmonet.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Allman)
	  Subject: I am on vacation
	  Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: the Vacation program

	  I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
	  please contact Joe Kalash <kalash@ucbingres.Berkeley.EDU>.
	       --eric

     This message will only be sent once a week to each unique
     sender... 

And...

ALIASES(5)	    UNIX Programmer's Manual	       ALIASES(5)

	(again portions deleted)

     After aliasing has been done, local and valid recipients who
     have a ``.forward'' file in their home directory have mes-
     sages forwarded to the list of users defined in that file.

Bruce
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