ALIASES(SFF) UNIX System V
Name
aliases - aliases file for sendmail
Syntax
/usr/lib/aliases
Description
This file describes user id aliases used by
/usr/lib/sendmail. It is formatted as a series of lines of
the form
name: name_1, name2, name_3, . . .
The name is the name to alias, and the name_n are the
aliases for that name. Lines beginning with white space are
continuation lines. Lines beginning with `#' are comments.
Aliasing occurs only on local names. Loops can not occur,
since no message will be sent to any person more than once.
After aliasing has been done, local and valid recipients who
have a ``.forward'' file in their home directory have
messages forwarded to the list of users defined in that
file.
See Also
sendmail(ADMN)
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