NAME
newaliases —
rebuild mail aliases
SYNOPSIS
newaliases |
[-f file] |
DESCRIPTION
Thenewaliases 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:
-ffile- Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default /etc/mail/smtpd.conf.
If using database (db) files, newaliases
is equivalent to running
makemap(8) as follows:
# makemap -t aliases /etc/mail/aliases
If using plain text files, newaliases is
equivalent to running smtpctl(8) as follows:
# smtpctl update table aliases
FILES
- /etc/mail/aliases
- List of local user mail aliases.
- /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
HISTORY
The newaliases command first appeared in
OpenBSD 4.6 as a replacement for the equivalent
command shipped with sendmail.