


      AAAALLLLIIIIAAAASSSSEEEESSSS((((4444))))                  ((((bbbbssssdddd 4444....2222))))                  AAAALLLLIIIIAAAASSSSEEEESSSS((((4444))))



      NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
           aliases - aliases file for sendmail

      SSSSYYYYNNNNTTTTAAAAXXXX
           ////uuuussssrrrr////lllliiiibbbb////aaaalllliiiiaaaasssseeeessss

      DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
           This file describes user id aliases used by
           /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_s_e_n_d_m_a_i_l. It is formatted as a series of lines of
           the form
                name: name_1, name_2, name_3, . . .
           The _n_a_m_e is the name to alias, and the _n_a_m_e__n are the
           aliases for that name.  Lines beginning with white space are
           continuation lines.  Lines beginning with `#' are comments.

           Aliasing occurs only on local names.  Loops can not occur,
           since no message will be sent to any person more than once.

           After aliasing has been done, local and valid recipients who
           have a ._f_o_r_w_a_r_d file in their home directory have messages
           forwarded to the list of users defined in that file.

           The /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_a_l_i_a_s_e_s file is only the raw data file; the
           actual aliasing information is placed into a binary format
           in the files /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_a_l_i_a_s_e_s._d_i_r and /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_a_l_i_a_s_e_s._p_a_g
           using the program _n_e_w_a_l_i_a_s_e_s(1).  A _n_e_w_a_l_i_a_s_e_s command
           should be executed each time the aliases file is changed for
           the change to take effect.

      SSSSEEEEEEEE  AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
           newaliases(1), sendmail(1)
           SENDMAIL Installation and Operation Guide.
           SENDMAIL An Internetwork Mail Router.

      NNNNOOOOTTTTEEEE
           Initially, _a_l_i_a_s_e_s._d_i_r and _a_l_i_a_s_e_s._p_a_g should be zero
           length.  Enter:

           cp /dev/null /usr/lib/aliases.dir
           cp /dev/null /usr/lib/aliases.pag

      BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
           A single alias cannot contain more than about 1000 bytes of
           information.  You can get longer aliases by ``chaining'';
           that is, make the last name in the alias be a dummy name
           which is a continuation alias.









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