.forward file seems to be ignored

[Paul Smith]

On 1/9/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> 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?
>
>
> You're getting colder...
>
> Your maillog will tell you that  the permissions on .forward are too
> generous.  Put your homedir permission back the way they were (700)
> and make .forward 600.

Thanks a lot, Matthew. The miracle is operated, and now my mail is
being correctly forwarded!

Paul