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- .sa rmail, mail, mailrc
-
- The aliases file controls mail aliasing on a system or user level. There
- are 2 aliases files, one in lib, and one in each user's home directory. The
- home directory aliases file is checked first, and then the system aliases
- file. More specifically, personal aliasing is done by the mailer, while
- rmail does system aliasing. If you are using a 3rd party mailer, the aliases
- file in the user's home directory may not be checked (sometimes in favour of
- an aliasing mechanism provided by the 3rd party mailer).
-
- It is possible to alias single, multiple, local, and offsite mail addresses.
- The form is:
-
- alias aliasname resolution[ resolution]
-
- Examples:
-
- alias funny funny-request@looking.clarinet.com
- alias mlist phred bill@excellent.com ted@excellent.com
-
- The system's alias file is processed by rmail. In the case of incoming
- mail from offsite, it will be the only aliasing file processed. In the
- case of mail generated locally, it will be processed after the user's
- mailrc file is processed. Any aliases in the system's alias file which
- match resolutions in the user's mailrc will be further expanded. For
- example in the following situation:
-
- mailrc: alias kirk spock
- aliases: alias spock picard
-
- Any mail that the user sends to kirk will alias to spock, and be sent
- to rmail, which will then alias it to picard.
-
- Network aliasing of machines is also supported. This allows you to alias
- local machines so that mail to a server can be delivered locally. The command
- is "iam". This option is only supported in the lib\alises file, not the
- version in the user's home directory.
-
- Example:
-
- iam fubarsys.slo.ca.us
- iam fubarsys.com
- iam fubarsys
- iam bbs.fubarsys.com
- iam bbs
- iam mir.uuplus.com
- iam mir
-
- Any mail received with these addresses will be treated and delivered as local
- mail.
-
- Please note that this is an optional file and that its absence will not hinder
- the performance of FSUUCP.
-