onward

adj : moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the

onward course of events" [syn: {forward}]

adv 1: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth";

"from the sixth century onward" [syn: {forth}, {forward}]

2: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead

slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the

forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: {ahead},

{onwards}, {forward}, {forwards}, {forrader}]

forward

(verb) To send (a copy of) an {electronic mail}

message that you have recieved 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. {Unix}

{sendmail} 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)