Jamie Winter:
> I haven't been able to find a lot of information on .forward file syntax.

LOCAL(8)                                                              LOCAL(8)

NAME
       local - Postfix local mail delivery

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DESCRIPTION

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       An  alias  or ~/.forward file may list any combination of external com-
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       See  aliases(5)  for a precise description. Each line in a user's .for-
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ALIASES(5)                                                          ALIASES(5)

NAME
       aliases - Postfix local alias database format

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DESCRIPTION

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       The value contains one or more of the following:

       address
              Mail  is  forwarded to address, which is compatible with the RFC
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       /file/name
              Mail is appended to /file/name.  See  local(8)  for  details  of
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       |command
              Mail  is piped into command. Commands that contain special char-
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       :include:/file/name
              Mail  is  sent  to  the  destinations  listed in the named file.
              ...

These documents also mention forward_path (how Postfix finds .forward
files), and propagate_unmatched_extensions for how Postfix propagates
address extensions.

        Wietse

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