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

NAME top

     newaliases — rebuild mail aliases

SYNOPSIS top

     newaliases [-f file]

DESCRIPTION top

     The newaliases 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:

     -f file
             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 top

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

EXIT STATUS top

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

SEE ALSO top

     smtpd.conf(5), makemap(8), smtpctl(8), smtpd(8)

HISTORY top

     The newaliases command first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6 as a replacement
     for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail.

COLOPHON top

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     server-side SMTP protocol) project.  Information about the project can
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