ALIASES(5) - File Formats Manual # ALIASES(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # aliases - aliases file for smtpd
DESCRIPTION # This manual page describes the format of the aliases file, as used by smtpd(8). An alias, in its simplest form, is used to assign an arbitrary name to an email address or a group of email addresses. This provides a convenient way to send mail. For example an alias could refer to all users of a group: email to that alias would be sent to all members of the group.
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MAILER.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual # MAILER.CONF(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # mailer.conf - configuration file for mailwrapper(8)
DESCRIPTION # The file /etc/mailer.conf contains a series of pairs. The first member of each pair is the name of a program invoking mailwrapper(8) which is typically a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/sendmail. (On a typical system, newaliases(8) and mailq(8) would be set up this way.) The second member of each pair is the name of the program to actually execute when the first name is invoked.
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MAILWRAPPER(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAILWRAPPER(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # mailwrapper - invoke appropriate MTA software based on configuration file
SYNOPSIS # Special. See below.
DESCRIPTION # At one time, the only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software easily available was sendmail(8). As a result of this, most Mail User Agents (MUAs) such as mail(1) had the path and calling conventions expected by sendmail(8) compiled in.
Times have changed, however.
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MAKEMAP(8) - System Manager’s Manual # MAKEMAP(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # makemap - create database maps for smtpd
SYNOPSIS # makemap [-U] [-d dbtype] [-o dbfile] [-t type] file
DESCRIPTION # Maps provide a generic interface for associating a textual key to a value. Such associations may be accessed through a plaintext file, database, or DNS. The format of these file types is described below. makemap itself creates the database maps used by keyed map lookups specified in smtpd.
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NEWALIASES(8) - System Manager’s Manual # NEWALIASES(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # newaliases - rebuild mail aliases
SYNOPSIS # newaliases [-f file]
DESCRIPTION # The newaliases utility makes changes to the mail aliases file visible to smtpd(8). It should be run every time the aliases(5) file is changed. The location of the alias file is defined in smtpd.conf(5), and defaults to /etc/mail/aliases.
The options are as follows:
-f file
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