There are times when you might need to forward your mail to another email account. The .forward file is used to accomplish this task. Here are a couple examples.
All email will be forwarded to this email address, esoft@esofthubInTheWoods.com.
# echo "esoft@esofthubInTheWoods.com" > $HOME/.forward Or # cat > $HOME/.forward esoft@esofthubInTheWoods.com control ^d