> BTW I use exim and exim.conf contains the following lines about aliases > > # This director handles aliasing using a traditional /etc/aliases file. > # If any of your aliases expand to pipes or files, you will need to set > # up a user and a group for these deliveries to run under. You can do > # this by uncommenting the "user" option below (changing the user name > # as appropriate) and adding a "group" option if necessary. > > system_aliases: > driver = aliasfile > file_transport = address_file > pipe_transport = address_pipe > file = /etc/aliases > search_type = lsearch > # user = list > # Uncomment the above line if you are running smartlist > > Don't know if it's similar for sendmail or postfix.
In RedHat/sendmail, the syntax is a little different. Here it is for the alias for a single address and an alias for a list of addreses alias: <address> alias: :include:/<path>/<listofaddresses> I assume that in your complicated example, the word "aliasfile" is the alias for a distribution list having the name "aliases." In debian/postfix, the syntax found in my /etc/aliases is much simpler. In /etc/aliases, I use the same syntax as with RedHat sendmail, only build the database with the # postalias /etc/aliases rather than # newaliases command. However, since my aliases don't work, I'm not sure. Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
