Re: [exim] About the .forward file

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Author: Olaf Hopp
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] About the .forward file
Peter Bowyer wrote:
> 2008/9/12 Kid <idckid@???>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Back in the sendmail world, when I wannt get mails for idckid
>> forwarded to idckid@???, I simply do ``echo idckid@??? >
>> ~/.forward''. And all mails to local user idckid would be forwarded
>> directly to idckid@???.
>> Now I am using exim4 on my system, doing exatly the same way wouldn't work.
>> So my question is that, how do I finish this task?
>> Thanks in advanced.
>
> Check that you have a router that processses ~/.forward. This
> functionality is not built-in to Exim, but is implemented in a router.
> A simple grep for 'forward' in your Exim config should tell you.


If it's not there the following router will give you a starting point:

userforward:
driver = redirect
allow_filter
check_ancestor
check_local_user
directory_transport = address_directory
file_transport = address_directory
file = $home/.forward
modemask = 022
pipe_transport = address_pipe
reply_transport = address_reply
no_verify

with this transport:

address_directory:
driver = appendfile
check_string =
maildir_format
envelope_to_add
delivery_date_add
return_path_add
message_prefix = ""
message_suffix = ""



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