Read Your Forwarding Address 

To read your forwarding address:

In your Typescript or xterm window, type the following command

forward -r

If your forwarding address is in effect, "forward" will print the address. If you have no forwarding address in effect, nothing will be printed out. Notice that if you try this immediately after setting your address you will see nothing because it takes a few days for a newly set address to take effect.

Other "Forward" Options

There are a variety of switches that you can use with "forward" to have it do different things. Listed below are some more examples:

To test a forwarding address

In your Typescript, type the following

forward -n address

where address is what you want to test. "Forward" will either print out a validated form of the address, or a message like the following:

There is no such addressee jello in domain andrew.cmu.edu.

To read someone else's forwarding address

In your Typescript or xterm window, type the following

forward -r -u userid

where userid is the user id for the person whose address you want to read. "Forward" will print out their forwarding address if they have one, and will print nothing if they do not have a forwarding address. If you use a non-existant user id, "forward" print out a message telling you as much.

To read someone else's forwarding address in another cell

In your Typescript or xterm window, type the following

forward -r -u userid -c cellname

where userid is the person's userid in cell specified, and cellname is one of the Andrew File System cells running the Andrew Message System delivery system.

The following example reads Jello Biafra's address in Computer Science (where his userid is "jello"), and shows you that he has his mail arriving at that account forwarded to his psychology account.

% forward -r -u jello -c cs.cmu.edu
biafra@psy.cmu.edu