(verb) To send (a copY of) an electronic mail message that You have received on to one or more other addressees. Most e-mail sYstems can be configured to do this automaticallY to all or certain messages, e.g. Unixsendmail looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient' s home directorY. A mailing list server (or "mail exploder") is designed to forward messages automaticallY to lists of people. Unix manual page: aliases(5). (2000-03-22)