Mail to the popstore can automatically be forwarded to other addresses. The addresses can be within the popstore or outside of it; the forwarding can be for actual popstore accounts or for non-existent accounts.

For example, suppose the host name associated with the popstore is naples.example.com. Suppose further that the popstore user jdoe would like her mail forwarded to the address jane.doe@naples.example.com. This forwarding would be accomplished with the FORWARD command:

popstore> FORWARD JDOE jane.doe@naples.example.com popstore> SHOW/FORWARDINGS Username Forwarding address ----------------------------------------------------------------------- jdoe jane.doe@naples.example.com

To forward mail for jdoe to herself and her assistant aclarke@naples.example.com, you would use the command

popstore> FORWARD JDOE "jdoe,aclarke@naples.example.com" popstore> SHOW/FORWARDINGS Username Forwarding address ----------------------------------------------------------------------- jdoe jdoe@naples.example.com, aclarke@naples.example.com

Use the NOFORWARD command to remove a forwarding address:

popstore> NOFORWARD JDOE

As mentioned earlier, forwarding can be established for non-existent accounts. For instance, suppose that the address list@naples.example.com is to be forwarded to a PMDF mailing list list@example.com. This is accomplished with the FORWARD command:

popstore> FORWARD list list@example.com

Note that currently stored messages are not affected by a forwarding address. Only new messages are affected: new incoming messages will be routed to the forwarding address and not stored. Note also that the presence of a forwarding address does not prevent a user from reading any stored messages which they might have.