mail forwarding fails

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Thanks Yong,

I have looked for the definition in sendmail.cf but I could not find it. How does it look like?

thanks,

Michael

[Yong_7]

Hi Michael.

The ForwardPath ( J) option allows you to set a path of forward files. For example, the config file line

O ForwardPath=/var/forward/$u:$z/.forward.$w

would first look for a file with the same name as the user's login in /var/forward; if that is not found (or is inaccessible) the file ``.forward. machinename'' in the user's home directory is searched. A truly perverse site could also search by sender by using $r, $s, or $f.


Regards !

YJ

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi,

Does this mean when I drop $u I could forward all mail with a single forwarding file?

Thanks for the quick answer,

Michael

[Yong_7]

Hi,

it's per-user feature. by specifying the search path, you may control your setting overwite the user's one or search $/HOME/.forward first. it's one file for each user.

with doing one file with it, you may insterested in aliases file or relay setting.

YJ.

[Michael Schulte zur Sur]

Hi everyone,

after correcting the access to /sybase it worked.
I think I will stay with the .forward file in the users home directory.

Thanks for all time,

Michael