On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, David Rocher wrote: > Hi, > > As I have translated, I would some information to keep the spirit of > the Debian Policly Manual. > > version 2.5.0.0, section 5.5, paragraph 7: > > The convention of writing <tt>forward to <var>address</var></tt> in > the mailbox itself is not supported. ... > > is the <tt>...</tt> a stylistic notation or the mailbox really contains > `forward to [EMAIL PROTECTED]' ? >
The sentence, as far as I can understand it, means this: Under some OSes and some MTAs, it is possible to forward all of a particular users mail to a given host simply by making the mailbox file contain the literal string "forward to <address>". This feature/convention is not supported by Debian - we encourage the use of a .forward file in the users home directory instead. Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
