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[JakeyB]

I'm a newbie, I'm trying to forward to multiple e-mail addresses using a .forward file but it just doesn't want to work for me and apparently it's because the file just doesn't seem to upload in ASCII format. I've tried with different FTP programs, renaming the file using the command prompt.... It works however, when the guy at the hosting company does it. Any suggestions would be MUCH appreciated before I explode into a million pieces.

I'm using XP, WS_FTP Pro if it helps at all.

Cheers,

[equitytg]

Lots of possibilities. The two most likely, however --

1. File format. You're probably uploading a file that looks like this:

email@asdfasdf.com^M
asdf2@asdfasdsadf.com^M
asdfas3@asdf.asddf.com^M

your windows file as a <CR><LF>, and it needs to be in unix format. if you have any proficiency in unix, you can get programs called d2u which will fix up the formatting problem.

2. Permissions. Do you know what perms need to be set for .forward? Are they set properly?

-rw-r--r-- 1 jstewart home 55 Feb 25 13:29 .forward

Does your ftp program do this?



SOLUTION
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Can you "ssh" into the box and modify the .forward file directly? If so, you could use vi to edit the file, hit "i" for insert, and just slam the email addresses in this way using cut copy and paste and not worry about the extra ^M , file permissions, etc.



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