* On 24 Jan 2013, horseriver wrote: > hi: > I place a .forward file in my home dir , according to man pages, > I write an mail address in this file. So ,when I receive a mail ,it will be > sent to that address， Did I understand wrong?
In short: what you describe is reasonable to expect, but there are reasons why it might not happen. Are you having a problem? This is usually true in a unix system, but it depends on how the mail transport and delivery is set up, and that's largely a function of what OS you're using. On many Linux systems procmail is the local delivery agent (LDA), and procmail will use the .forward file as you described provided that permissions on your home directory and the .forward file itself are acceptable. On non-Linux systems, another program besides procmail usually does delivery unless the admin has changed it; but most LDAs honor the .forward file. Note that this is not related to mutt per se, so this may not be the best group to help. However we can perhaps point you in the right direction. -- David Champion • d...@bikeshed.us
