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NEWALIASES(8)          DragonFly System Manager's Manual         NEWALIASES(8)

NAME

newaliases - rebuild the database for the mail aliases file

SYNOPSIS

newaliases [-f file]

DESCRIPTION

newaliases rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file, the location of which is defined in smtpd.conf(5), and which by default is /usr/local/etc/mail/aliases. This utility must be run each time the aliases file is changed in order for the change to take effect. The options are as follows: -f file Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default /usr/local/etc/mail/smtpd.conf. Note: this utility is provided for sendmail compatibility. The preferred way of rebuilding the database is with makemap(8): # makemap -t aliases /usr/local/etc/mail/aliases

FILES

/usr/local/etc/mail/aliases List of local user mail aliases. /usr/local/etc/mail/virtual List of virtual host aliases.

EXIT STATUS

The newaliases utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

smtpd.conf(5), makemap(8)

HISTORY

The newaliases command first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6 as a replacement for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail. DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT July 19, 2013 DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT

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