Re: [Exim] How to make .forward always send to local user?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Mark Edwards
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] How to make .forward always send to local user?
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Mark Edwards wrote:

> I'm using the default userforward router with exim 4.20:
>
> userforward:
>    driver = redirect
>    check_local_user
>    file = $home/.forward
>    no_verify
>    no_expn
>    check_ancestor
> # allow_filter
>    file_transport = address_file
>    pipe_transport = address_pipe
>    reply_transport = address_reply
>    owners = root

>
>
> How can this be properly modified to ALWAYS send a copy of each email
> to the local user, in addition to any other locations in the .forward
> file?


Add the option

unseen = true

> I don't want users to be able to break routing to their local
> user Inboxes.


But if they are forwarding elsewhere, and never read their local
inboxes, you are gradually going to fill up your disks...


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