On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
> I have two questions about forward files (which I could always
> test myself, but I don't want to interfer with an existing system).
It is easy to run testing versions of exim with alternate configuration
files...
> sendmail (at least 8.7.5) allows for multiple names for forward files per
> person.
>
> We allow the names
>
> forward.txt
> and .forward
>
> (this is so that people mounting their "home" directories on our imap host
> and major smtp switch from DOS can manipulate their forwarding. The
> continuation of .forward is because many had previously been set up
> from Unix).
>
> will specificing
>
> userforward:
> driver = forwardfile
> no_verify
> check_ancestor
> file = forward.txt:.forward
> # filter
>
> work?
No, but
userforward1:
driver = forwardfile
no_verify
check_ancestor
file = forward.txt
userforward2:
driver = forwardfile
no_verify
check_ancestor
file = .forward
will.
> Second question
>
> sendmail forwarding appears to do fine if the lines in the .forward file
> are terminated with CR/LF instead of just LF. (Again, this is useful
> for the people who play with their .forward files from DOS). Will
> exim be able to cope?
Yes.
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