Re: [Exim] .forward file

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Auteur: Jeremy C. Reed
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Aan: John Byrne, ICT Technician
CC: Exim Users Mailing List
Onderwerp: Re: [Exim] .forward file
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, John Byrne, ICT Technician wrote:

> I was advised that putting an email address into a .forward file in the home
> directory of a user, would forward email to that user. Can anyone tell me
> why this is not working for me?


Have a look at your quoted message:

> > This message was created automatically by mail delivery software (Exim).


> >   xxxx@???
> >     bad owner for /home/xxxx/.forward: retry timeout exceeded


Notice it says "bad owner".

ls -l /home/xxxx/.forward

Try chowning it to the correct user.

Jeremy C. Reed
echo '9,J8HD,fDGG8B@?:536FC5=8@I;C5?@H5B0D@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'