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1 .TH masqmail.aliases 5 User Manuals
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2 .SH NAME
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3 masqmail.aliases \- masqmail alias file format
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4 .SH DESCRIPTION
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6 This man page describes the format of the masqmail alias file. Its usual location is \fI/etc/aliases\f1.
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8 .SH FILE FORMAT
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10 The alias file consists of lines of the form:
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11 local_part: item1, item2, ...
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12 Items can be surrounded by quotes '"'. If within the quotes other quotes are needed for an address they can be escaped with a leading backslash '\'.
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14 A leading '\' indicates that this address shall not be further expanded.
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16 A leading pipe symbol '|' indicates that the item shall be treated as a pipe command. The content of the message will then be sent to the standard input of a command. The command will run under the user id and group id masqmail is running as. If quotes are needed, the pipe symbol must appear within the quotes.
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18 Loops will be detected, the offending address will be ignored.
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20 Aliases will be expanded at delivery time. This means that if there is a message still in the queue and you change any alias which matches one of the recipient addresses, the change will have effect next time a delivery is attemped.
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22 There is no need to restart masqmail or run any command when the alias file has been changed.
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24 .SH AUTHOR
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26 masqmail was written by Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx>
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28 You will find the newest version of masqmail at \fBhttp://masqmail.cx/masqmail/\f1 or search for it in freshmeat (\fBhttp://www.freshmeat.net\f1). There is also a mailing list, you will find information about it at masqmails main site.
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30 .SH BUGS
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32 You should report them to the mailing list.
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34 .SH SEE ALSO
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36 \fBmasqmail.conf (5)\f1, \fBmasqmail (8)\f1,
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38 .SH COMMENTS
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40 This man page was written using \fBxml2man (1)\f1 by the same author.
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