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From: Pascal.Gienger@uni-konstanz.de (Pascal Gienger)
Subject: Re: .forward file format
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Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote:

: Could it be because I'm using popclient to retrieve my mail from my ISP's 
: POP3 server?

Yes. You surely have configured popclient to use /usr/libexec/mail.local
to put retrieved messages in your folder. mail.local doesn't do aliasing
nor forwarding. You have to recompile popclient with another mail
method defined, e.g. a smail or sendmail call.

Pascal
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