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+ Original message:
+
+ To: help
+ Hi.
+
+qmail-inject Fill in the complete envelope and header:
+
+ | (envelope) from joe@heaven.af.mil to help@heaven.af.mil
+ | From: joe@heaven.af.mil
+ | To: help@heaven.af.mil
+ |
+ | Hi.
+ V
+
+qmail-queue Store message safely on disk.
+ Trigger qmail-send.
+ |
+ V
+
+qmail-send Look at envelope recipient, help@heaven.af.mil.
+ | Is heaven.af.mil in locals? Yes.
+ | Deliver locally to help@heaven.af.mil.
+ V
+
+qmail-lspawn ./Mailbox
+
+ | Look at mailbox name, help.
+ | Is help listed in qmail-users? No.
+ | Is there a help account? No.
+ | Give control of the message to alias.
+ | Run qmail-local.
+ V
+
+qmail-local alias ~alias help - help heaven.af.mil joe@heaven.af.mil ./Mailbox
+
+ Does ~alias/.qmail-help exist? Yes: "john".
+ Forward message to john.