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FORWARD - forward the current message to another address
Usage: FORWARD [address]
At the prompt "Message...", you may type a message, which will appear
above the forwarded message. End with ESCAPE, as usual.
The FORWARD command is used to forward the message you have received to
some other address, with, optionally, comments from you at the beginning.
You will appear as the sender, on the FROM line, of the forwarded mail,
and therefore Replies go to you. After you have typed your message (if
any) and press ESCAPE, you will be in SEND MODE. (At the Send> prompt,
the EDIT command lets you edit the entire message.)
You can include the address to which to forward on the command line. If
you do not, then at the end, when you type SEND, you will be prompted
for an address.
If you use the REMAIL command instead, you cannot insert comments, and
replies go to the original sender. FORWARD is like making a photocopy
to show someone; REMAIL is like correcting the address on an envelope.
There is an ethical problem involved with FORWARD or REMAIL. Consider
whether the original sender would want the message seen by someone else.
If you use FORWARD, you can use the EDIT command at the Send> prompt to
edit the forwarded text to delete sensitive portions.
For more help, type "help" and one of these topics:
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