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List:       postfix-users
Subject:    Re: ~/.forward separator
From:       wietse () porcupine ! org (Wietse Venema)
Date:       2014-02-28 18:36:46
Message-ID: 3fbKGQ1VXnzjymr () spike ! porcupine ! org
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Alex:
> >> I've read local(8) and numerous other man pages and postfix docs, but
> >> still can't find the definitive list of separators that are permitted
> >> to be used to separate multiple email addresses in a user's .forward
> >> file.
> >
> > According to local(8):
> >
> > An  alias  or ~/.forward file may list any combination of external com-
> > mands, destination file names, :include: directives, or mail addresses.
> > See  aliases(5)  for a precise description. Each line in a user's .for-
> > ward file has the same syntax as the right-hand part of an alias.
> 
> Okay, thanks. aliases(5) appears to indicate that commas are the
> proper delimiter. However, semicolons also seem to have been working.
> Have I just been lucky?

The documentation says what inputs are expected. I don't have to
discuss what happens with random input.

	Wietse
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