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require host_name to be set in config file exit otherwise there is no portable way to determine the hostname (actually the hostname that masqmail should use) thus it must be set by the administrator
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:49:05 +0200
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1 .TH masqmail.aliases 5 2010-06-21 masqmail-0.2.24 "File Formats"
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3 .SH NAME
4 masqmail.aliases \- masqmail alias file format
5
6
7 .SH DESCRIPTION
8
9 This man page describes the format of the masqmail alias file.
10 Its usual location is \fI/etc/aliases\fR.
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12
13 .SH FILE FORMAT
14
15 The alias file consists of lines of the form:
16 local_part: item1, item2, ...
17 Items can be surrounded by double quotes `"'.
18 If within the quotes other quotes are needed for an address they can be
19 escaped with a leading backslash `\\'.
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21 A leading backslash `\\' indicates that this address shall not be further expanded.
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23 A leading pipe symbol `|' indicates that the item shall be treated as a pipe command.
24 The content of the message will then be sent to the standard input of a command.
25 The command will run under the user id and group id masqmail is running as.
26 If quotes are needed, the pipe symbol must appear within the quotes.
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28 Loops will be detected, the offending address will be ignored.
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30 Aliases will be expanded at delivery time.
31 This means that if there is a message still in the queue and you change
32 any alias which matches one of the recipient addresses,
33 the change will have effect next time a delivery is attemped.
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35 There is no need to restart masqmail or run any command when the alias file has been changed.
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37
38 .SH AUTHOR
39
40 Masqmail was written by Oliver Kurth.
41 It is now maintained by Markus Schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.
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43 You will find the newest version of masqmail at \fBhttp://marmaro.de/prog/masqmail/\fR.
44 There is also a mailing list, you will find information about it at masqmail's main site.
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46
47 .SH BUGS
48
49 Please report bugs to the mailing list.
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51
52 .SH SEE ALSO
53
54 \fBmasqmail.conf(5)\fR, \fBmasqmail(8)\fR,