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+.\" $OpenBSD: forward.5,v 1.10 2021/02/13 07:26:18 jmc Exp $
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 13 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 13 2021 $
.Dt FORWARD 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
if the home directory is group writeable;
or if the file is not owned by the user.
.Pp
-Users should avoid editing directly the
+Users should avoid editing the
.Nm .forward
-file to prevent delivery failures from occurring if a message
+file directly, to prevent delivery failures from occurring if a message
arrives while the file is not fully written.
The best option is to use a temporary file and use the
.Xr mv 1