On 1/7/06, Rex Dieter <rdieter@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>I have just created a .forward file in my home directory, but actually > >>>no forwarding is done. Any clue about that? > >> > >>Typically a permissions problem: the directory or the .forward file > >>itself have wrong permissions set. > > > > The permissions are: > > > > drwx------ 103 psmith psmith 4096 Jan 7 16:49 psmith > > -rw-rw-r-- 1 psmith psmith 18 Jan 7 14:57 .forward > > > > Are they appropriate? > > Your homedir must have *at least* x for others(all?), else processes not > owned by you (ie, mailer) can't even read your .forward file. Now I have: drwx--x--x 103 psmith psmith 4096 Jan 7 18:42 psmith -rwxrwxr-x 1 psmith psmith 18 Jan 7 14:57 .forward but no progress. Is there some alternative way (instead of using a .forward file) of redirecting all mail? Paul
