.forward file may be group writable or other writable. I such case
send does read the file assuming it as insecure.
Check the file permissions.
-Shashidhar
On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, G A Abhay wrote:
> Does anyone know why sendmail might ignore a .forward.
>
> My server on which i have an account does not forward any of the mails
> to the addresses in the .forward file, and the mails remain on the local
> server.
>
>
> abhay
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> LI is all for free speech, but this list was created for a purpose --
> to help popularise Linux in India. If your messages are counterproductive
> to that purpose, your privileges to submit messages can and will be revoked.
>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
LI is all for free speech, but this list was created for a purpose --
to help popularise Linux in India. If your messages are counterproductive
to that purpose, your privileges to submit messages can and will be revoked.