.forward file seems to be ignored

[Les Mikesell]

On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 09:39, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> I have just created a .forward file in my home directory, but actually
> no forwarding is done. Any clue about that?

Sendmail doesn't run as root these days and home directories
default to only being readable by owner and group.  Sendmail
has to be able to read .forward to observe it.  It seems
like this would be a common problem - is there a standard
solution like adding 'mail' to your group?

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  Les Mikesell
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