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ALIASES(5)                  BSD Programmer's Manual                 ALIASES(5)

N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs - aliases file for sendmail

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     This file describes user ID aliases used by _\b/_\bu_\bs_\br_\b/_\bs_\bb_\bi_\bn_\b/_\bs_\be_\bn_\bd_\bm_\ba_\bi_\bl. The file
     resides in _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc and is formatted as a series of lines of the form

           name: name_1, name2, name_3, . . .

     The _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is the name to alias, and the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\b__\bn are the aliases for that
     name.  Lines beginning with white space are continuation lines.  Lines
     beginning with `#' are comments.

     Aliasing occurs only on local names.  Loops can not occur, since no mes-
     sage will be sent to any person more than once.

     After aliasing has been done, local and valid recipients who have a
     ``_\b._\bf_\bo_\br_\bw_\ba_\br_\bd'' file in their home directory have messages forwarded to the
     list of users defined in that file.

     This is only the raw data file; the actual aliasing information is placed
     into a binary format in the file _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\ba_\bl_\bi_\ba_\bs_\be_\bs_\b._\bd_\bb using the program
     newaliases(1).  A newaliases command should be executed each time the
     aliases file is changed for the change to take effect.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     newaliases(1),  dbopen(3),  dbm(3),  sendmail(8)

     _\bS_\bE_\bN_\bD_\bM_\bA_\bI_\bL _\bI_\bn_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bl_\bl_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\ba_\bn_\bd _\bO_\bp_\be_\br_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\bG_\bu_\bi_\bd_\be.

     _\bS_\bE_\bN_\bD_\bM_\bA_\bI_\bL _\bA_\bn _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\be_\bt_\bw_\bo_\br_\bk _\bM_\ba_\bi_\bl _\bR_\bo_\bu_\bt_\be_\br.

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     If you have compiled sendmail with DBM support instead of NEWDB, you may
     have encounter problems in dbm(3) restricting a single alias to about
     1000 bytes of information.  You can get longer aliases by ``chaining'';
     that is, make the last name in the alias be a dummy name which is a con-
     tinuation alias.

H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
     The a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs file format appeared in 4.0BSD.

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77c0fe8a C	1	ALIASES(5) BSD Programmer's Manual ALIASES(5)
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	3	N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
	4	a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs - aliases file for sendmail
	5
	6	S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
	7	a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs
	8
	9	D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
	10	This file describes user ID aliases used by _\b/_\bu_\bs_\br_\b/_\bs_\bb_\bi_\bn_\b/_\bs_\be_\bn_\bd_\bm_\ba_\bi_\bl. The file
	11	resides in _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc and is formatted as a series of lines of the form
	12
	13	name: name_1, name2, name_3, . . .
	14
	15	The _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is the name to alias, and the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\b__\bn are the aliases for that
	16	name. Lines beginning with white space are continuation lines. Lines
	17	beginning with `#' are comments.
	18
	19	Aliasing occurs only on local names. Loops can not occur, since no mes-
	20	sage will be sent to any person more than once.
	21
	22	After aliasing has been done, local and valid recipients who have a
	23	``_\b._\bf_\bo_\br_\bw_\ba_\br_\bd'' file in their home directory have messages forwarded to the
	24	list of users defined in that file.
	25
	26	This is only the raw data file; the actual aliasing information is placed
	27	into a binary format in the file _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\ba_\bl_\bi_\ba_\bs_\be_\bs_\b._\bd_\bb using the program
	28	newaliases(1). A newaliases command should be executed each time the
	29	aliases file is changed for the change to take effect.
	30
	31	S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
	32	newaliases(1), dbopen(3), dbm(3), sendmail(8)
	33
	34	_\bS_\bE_\bN_\bD_\bM_\bA_\bI_\bL _\bI_\bn_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bl_\bl_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\ba_\bn_\bd _\bO_\bp_\be_\br_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\bG_\bu_\bi_\bd_\be.
	35
	36	_\bS_\bE_\bN_\bD_\bM_\bA_\bI_\bL _\bA_\bn _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\be_\bt_\bw_\bo_\br_\bk _\bM_\ba_\bi_\bl _\bR_\bo_\bu_\bt_\be_\br.
	37
	38	B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
	39	If you have compiled sendmail with DBM support instead of NEWDB, you may
	40	have encounter problems in dbm(3) restricting a single alias to about
	41	1000 bytes of information. You can get longer aliases by ``chaining'';
	42	that is, make the last name in the alias be a dummy name which is a con-
	43	tinuation alias.
	44
	45	H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
	46	The a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs file format appeared in 4.0BSD.
	47
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