+ # background: This also works instead of ~/.forward
+ # s sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^root/d' /etc/aliases ||:
+ #echo "root: $HOSTNAME@$SOME_DOMAIN" | s tee -a /etc/aliases
+ # this can\'t be a symlink and has permission restrictions
+ # it might work in /etc/aliases, but this seems more proper.
+ e $forward > ~/.forward
+ e $forward | s tee /root/.forward
+ # 644 is required. shouldn\'t need changing, but set it just in case.
+ s chmod 644 ~/.forward /root/.forward
+fi