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Sendmail aliases allow sendmail to take an e-mail and optionally forward it, write it to a file, or run it through another program.
The sendmail aliases file is usually found at /etc/aliases, but it can also be commonly found at /etc/mail/aliases
An example of a forward can be found in the default /etc/mail/aliases file:
# RFC 822 requires that every host have a mail address "postmaster"
postmaster : root
This is an example of directing e-mail to a file.
In this case, it is being deleted by directing it to a special device known as /dev/null # Aliases to handle mail to msgs and news
nobody : /dev/null
An example of piping an email to a program is:
support: |/path/to/your/support-program
To create a mailing list separate multiple addresses with a comma:
# help mailing list
help: staff01@domain.com,staff02@domain.com,staff03@domain.com
To make the aliases file changes live run the command: newaliases
Sendmail aliases allow sendmail to take an e-mail and optionally forward it, write it to a file, or run it through another program.
The sendmail aliases file is usually found at /etc/aliases, but it can also be commonly found at /etc/mail/aliases
An example of a forward can be found in the default /etc/mail/aliases file:
# RFC 822 requires that every host have a mail address "postmaster"
postmaster : root
This is an example of directing e-mail to a file.
In this case, it is being deleted by directing it to a special device known as /dev/null # Aliases to handle mail to msgs and news
nobody : /dev/null
An example of piping an email to a program is:
support: |/path/to/your/support-program
To create a mailing list separate multiple addresses with a comma:
# help mailing list
help: staff01@domain.com,staff02@domain.com,staff03@domain.com
To make the aliases file changes live run the command: newaliases
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