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From: guy@auspex.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Still trying to get smart routing working.
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Date: 19 Jan 89 18:57:06 GMT
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>Always use /usr/lib/aliases, and concentrate all your network problems into
>one place. .forward is an obsolete mechanism from a decade ago.

"From a decade ago"? In other words, "sendmail" existed in early 1979?
News to me.  "delivermail" may have existed then, but as I remember it
had "/usr/lib/aliases" but *not* ".forward" files, so "/usr/lib/aliases"
*antedates* ".forward" files.

".forward" is not obsolete; it serves purposes other than to forward
mail from a user's "alternate" accounts to their "primary" account.  For
one thing, it lets you run all your mail through a filter, or a "mail
watcher" such as "vacation"....

(As for mounting everybody's home directory everywhere, while it isn't
necessary, it can sure be *convenient* at times - if I have to work on
several different machines, it's nice to be able to have my environment
travel with me.)