Mail to the popstore may automatically be forwarded to other addresses. The addresses may be within the popstore or outside of it; the forwarding may be for actual popstore accounts or for non-existent accounts.
For example, suppose the host name associated with the popstore is
pop.acme.com. Suppose further that the popstore user jdoe
would like her mail forwarded to the address jane.doe@athena.acme.com.
This forwarding would be accomplished with the FORWARD command:
popstore> FORWARD JDOE jane.doe@athena.acme.com popstore> SHOW/FORWARDINGS Username Forwarding address ----------------------------------------------------------------------- jdoe jane.doe@athena.acme.comTo forward mail for
jdoe to herself and her assistant
ksmith@athena.acme.com, you would use the command
popstore> FORWARD JDOE "jdoe,ksmith@athena.acme.com" popstore> SHOW/FORWARDINGS Username Forwarding address ----------------------------------------------------------------------- jdoe jdoe@pop.acme.com, jksmith@athena.acme.com
Use the NOFORWARD command to remove a forwarding address:
popstore> NOFORWARD JDOE
As mentioned earlier, forwarding may be established for non-existent accounts. For instance, suppose that the address list@pop.acme.com is to be forwarded to a PMDF mailing list list@acme.com. This is accomplished with the FORWARD command:
popstore> FORWARD list list@acme.com
Note that currently stored messages are not affected by a forwarding address. Only new messages are affected: new incoming messages will be routed to the forwarding address and not stored. Note also that the presence of a forwarding address does not prevent a user from reading any stored messages which they might have.