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     1.4 +.TH masqmail.aliases 5 2010-05-07 masqmail-0.2.22 "File Formats"
     1.5 +
     1.6 +.SH NAME
     1.7 +masqmail.aliases \- masqmail alias file format
     1.8 +
     1.9 +
    1.10 +.SH DESCRIPTION
    1.11 +
    1.12 +This man page describes the format of the masqmail alias file.
    1.13 +Its usual location is \fI/etc/aliases\fR.
    1.14 +
    1.15 +
    1.16 +.SH FILE FORMAT
    1.17 +
    1.18 +The alias file consists of lines of the form:
    1.19 +local_part: item1, item2, ...
    1.20 +Items can be surrounded by double quotes `"'.
    1.21 +If within the quotes other quotes are needed for an address they can be
    1.22 +escaped with a leading backslash `\\'.
    1.23 +
    1.24 +A leading backslash `\\' indicates that this address shall not be further expanded.
    1.25 +
    1.26 +A leading pipe symbol `|' indicates that the item shall be treated as a pipe command.
    1.27 +The content of the message will then be sent to the standard input of a command.
    1.28 +The command will run under the user id and group id masqmail is running as.
    1.29 +If quotes are needed, the pipe symbol must appear within the quotes.
    1.30 +
    1.31 +Loops will be detected, the offending address will be ignored.
    1.32 +
    1.33 +Aliases will be expanded at delivery time.
    1.34 +This means that if there is a message still in the queue and you change
    1.35 +any alias which matches one of the recipient addresses,
    1.36 +the change will have effect next time a delivery is attemped.
    1.37 +
    1.38 +There is no need to restart masqmail or run any command when the alias file has been changed.
    1.39 +
    1.40 +
    1.41 +.SH AUTHOR
    1.42 +
    1.43 +Masqmail was written by Oliver Kurth.
    1.44 +It is now maintained by Markus Schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.
    1.45 +
    1.46 +You will find the newest version of masqmail at \fBhttp://prog.marmaro.de/masqmail/\fR.
    1.47 +There is also a mailing list, you will find information about it at masqmail's main site.
    1.48 +
    1.49 +
    1.50 +.SH BUGS
    1.51 +
    1.52 +Please report bugs to the mailing list.
    1.53 +
    1.54 +
    1.55 +.SH SEE ALSO
    1.56 +
    1.57 +\fBmasqmail.conf(5)\fR, \fBmasqmail(8)\fR,