forward

messaging (verb) To send (a copy of) an electronic mail

message that you have received on to one or more other

addressees. Most e-mail systems can be configured to do

this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. Unix

sendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's

home directory.

A mailing list server (or "mail exploder") is designed to

forward messages automatically to lists of people.

Unix manual page: aliases(5).

(2000-03-22)