aliases(4)


aliases -- addresses and aliases for sendmail

Synopsis

   /etc/mail/aliases 
   ~/.forward 

Description

These files contain mail addresses or aliases, recognized by sendmail(1M), for the local host:

/etc/passwd
Mail addresses (usernames) of local users.

/etc/mail/aliases
Aliases for the local host, in ASCII format. This file can be edited to add, update, or delete local mail aliases.

/etc/mail/aliases.db
The aliasing information from /etc/mail/aliases, in binary, dbm format for use by sendmail. newaliases(1M) maintains these files.
In addition, the Network Information Service (NIS) provides two mail alias maps for use across the network.

Addresses

As distributed, sendmail supports the following types of addresses:

Aliases

sendmail supports the following types of aliases:

Files

/etc/passwd

/etc/mail/aliases

/var/yp/domainname/mail.aliases
Corresponding NIS map containing aliases and mail addresses. The alias is the key in the map.

/var/yp/domainname/mail.byaddr
Same as mail.aliases, except key is mail address instead of alias.

References

dbm(3bsd), forward(4), newaliases(1M), sendmail(1M), uucp(1bnu), vacation(1)
30 January 1998
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