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<h4 class="subsection">2.11.6 Forwarding</h4>
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<p><em>Forward file</em> is a special file in the user’s home directory that
contains the email address of the mailbox where the user wants to
forward his mail. Normally, forward files are processed by
<acronym>MTA</acronym>. However, there are some <acronym>MTA</acronym> that lack this
feature. One of them is MeTA1.
</p>
<p><code>Maidag</code> provides a forwarding feature that is useful to
compensate the lack of it.
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<p>Name of the forward file is given using <code>forward-file</code>
configuration statement. A common usage is:
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<pre class="example">forward-file .forward;
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<p>The forward file is always searched in the recipient home directory.
</p>
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<p>Before actually using the file, a number of safety checks are
performed on it. If the file fails to pass one of these checks, no
forwarding is performed and the message is delivered as usual. These
checks can be configured using <code>forward-file-checks</code> statement.
Its argument is a list of the following keywords:
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<dt>groupwritablefile</dt>
<dt>file_iwgrp</dt>
<dd><p>The file must not be group writable.
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</dd>
<dt>worldwritablefile</dt>
<dt>file_iwoth</dt>
<dd><p>The file must not be world writable.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>linkedfileinwritabledir</dt>
<dt>link</dt>
<dd><p>The file cannot be a symlink in a writable directory.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>fileingroupwritabledir</dt>
<dt>dir_iwgrp</dt>
<dd><p>The file cannot reside in a group writable directory.
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</dd>
<dt>fileinworldwritabledir</dt>
<dt>dir_iwoth</dt>
<dd><p>The file cannot reside in a world writable directory.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>all</dt>
<dd><p>All of the above checks.
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>The default is ‘<samp>forward-file-checks all</samp>’.
</p>
<p>Each of these keywords may be prefixed by ‘<samp>no</samp>’ to disable this
particular check. For example:
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