The original message was
>
> I've the following problem with a user's .forward file on Digital UNIX
> (DEC OSF/1 3.0). The format is not documented and it's not the same as the
> ULTRIX format.
>
> Here is the .forward file :
>
> \login_name
> "|/urisc/si/login_name/bin/M/rbiff"
> "|/urisc/si/login_name/bin/M/autoanswer"
> "|/urisc/si/login_name/bin/M/autopk"
>
> So on Ultrix the mail is sent to the user (username=login_name) and the
> 3 applications are executed. On DEC OSF/1 the user doesn't receive the mail.
> The mail is only delivered to the applications and there is no error neither
> warning.
>
> So has somebody an idea on the reason why it works on Ultrix and not on OSF ?
> Or what is the exact format of the .forward file on OSF or how to manage
> to have the mail delivered to the user and to the apllications ?
>
Thank you to:
harrell_at_remus.nrl.navy.mil (Matthew Harrell)
phj06_at_bk.dk (Paul Hostrup-Jessen) in French ;-)
Jean-Marc Vincent (French Digital CSC)
and
"Michael A. Crowley" <mcrowley_at_mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
who gave the right answer :
\mcrowley, "|/local/bin/vacation mcrowley"
All the fields must be on the same line with comma between the fields.
For those who have the Sendmail book from Costales,Allman and Rickert (O'Reilly)
it's described between page 299 and 302.
In fact Ultrix sendmail supports an olf format.
Daniel
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