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SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)              sympa 6.2.11              SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)


NAME

       sympa_newaliases, sympa_newaliases.pl - Alias database maintenance


SYNOPSIS

         sympa_newaliases.pl --domain=dom.ain


DESCRIPTION

       sympa_newaliases is a program to maintain alias database.

       It is typically called by alias_manager(8) via
       sympa_newaliases-wrapper, then updates alias database.


OPTIONS

       sympa_newaliases.pl may run with following options.

       --domain=domain
           Name of virtual robot on which aliases will be updated.

       -f, --config=file
           Force sympa_newaliases to use an alternative configuration file
           instead of /usr/local/etc/sympa/sympa.conf.

       -h, --help
           Print this help message.


CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS

       Following site configuration parameters in
       /usr/local/etc/sympa/sympa.conf will be referred.  They may be
       overridden by robot.conf of each virtual robot.

       sendmail_aliases
           Source text of alias database.

           Default value is /etc/mail/sympa_aliases.

       aliases_program
           System command to update alias database.  Possible values are:

           "makemap"
               Sendmail makemap utility.

           "newaliases"
               newaliases(1) or compatible utility.

           "postalias"
               Postfix postalias(1) utility.

           "postmap"
               Postfix postmap(1) utility.

           Full path
               Full path to executable file.  File will be invoked with the
               value of "sendmail_aliases" as an argument.

           Default value is "newaliases".

       aliases_db_type
           Type of alias database.  This is meaningful when value of
           "aliases_program" parameter is "makemap", "postalias" or "postmap".

           Possible values will be vary by system commands.  For example,
           "postalias" and "postmap" can support any of "btree", "cdb", "dbm",
           "hash" and "sdbm".

           Default value is "hash".


RETURN VALUE

       Returns with exit code 0.  If invoked system command failed, returns
       with its exit code.  On other failures, returns with 1.


FILES

       /usr/local/etc/sympa/sympa.conf
           Sympa site configuration.

       /usr/local/libexec/sympa/sympa_newaliases-wrapper
           Set UID wrapper for sympa_newaliases.pl.


HISTORY

       This program was initially written by IKEDA Soji
       <ikeda@conversion.co.jp>.


SEE ALSO

       alias_manager(8).

6.2.11                            2016-02-18               SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)

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