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Where "alias" is replaced with the alias name, and "recipient" is replaced

with a full E mail address. For example:

sales:

tony@hotshotmail.com

2.

From the command prompt enter 

vnewaliases

. This action

generates the ~/etc/aliases.db file to activate the alias.

Note:  Do not worry about multiple aliases, or one alias actually pointing

to another alias. Sendmail performs multiple lookups to determine the

recipient.

You should begin each alias at the start of the line because lines that begin

with a space or tab are considered continuation lines. The colon separating

alias and recipient should be on the same line as the alias and it may be

preceded or followed by spaces or tabs.

Creating Mailing Lists

Using the ~/etc/aliases file, you can create mailing lists that include many

recipients. Mailing lists save time. You can either create a simple mailing

list, or you can create a more sophisticated mailing list that you are able to

edit independent of the alias file itself.

The :include: statement causes the contents of a separate file to be read in,

or included, in the aliases file. This allows the recipient list to be stored in

an outside file where it can be manipulated independently of the aliases file.

To create a mailing list

1.

Edit the ~/etc/aliases file and enter:

alias: recipient1, recipient2, recipient3,

recipient4, ...

(where "..." signifies that the sequence can be continued for as long as

necessary).

To create a mailing list using "include"

1.

Edit the ~/etc/aliases file and enter

alias: :include:/pathname

The "/pathname" is the virtual pathname of the file. For example:

subscribers: :include:/etc/subscribers.list

Note:  Because the contents of included files are not stored in the

~/etc/aliases.db database, it is not necessary to run the vnewaliases

command to activate editing changes.

The file referenced by ":include:" is a text file containing a list of recipient

addresses. Each line is a list of one or more recipient addresses. Multiple

addresses appearing on a line should be separated by commas. Like the

~/etc/aliases file, any line that begins with a # character is considered a

comment and is ignored, as are blank lines.

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