forward
<messaging> (verb) To send (a copy of) an electronic mail message that
you have received on to one or more other addressees. Most e-mail systems can be
configured to do this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. Unix
sendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's home directory.
A mailing list server (or "mail exploder") is designed to forward messages
automatically to lists of people.
Unix manual page: aliases(5).
(2000-03-22)
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