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- # This is the aliases file - it says who gets mail for whom.
- #
- # >>>>>>>>>> The program "newaliases" will need to be run
- # >> NOTE >> after this file is updated for any changes
- # >>>>>>>>>> to show through to sendmail.
- #
-
- # It is probably best to not work as user root and redirect all
- # email to "root" to the address of a HUMAN who deals with this
- # system's problems. Then you don't have to check for important
- # email too often on the root account.
- # The "\root" will make sure that email is also delivered to the
- # root-account, but also forwared to the user "joe".
- #root: joe, \root
-
- # Basic system aliases that MUST be present.
- postmaster: root
- mailer-daemon: postmaster
-
- # amavis
- virusalert: root
-
- # General redirections for pseudo accounts in /etc/passwd.
- administrator: root
- daemon: root
- lp: root
- news: root
- uucp: root
- games: root
- man: root
- at: root
- postgres: root
- mdom: root
- amanda: root
- ftp: root
- wwwrun: root
- squid: root
- msql: root
- gnats: root
- nobody: root
- # "bin" used to be in /etc/passwd
- bin: root
-
- # Further well-known aliases for dns/news/ftp/mail/fax/web/gnats.
- newsadm: news
- newsadmin: news
- usenet: news
- ftpadm: ftp
- ftpadmin: ftp
- ftp-adm: ftp
- ftp-admin: ftp
- hostmaster: root
- mail: postmaster
- postman: postmaster
- post_office: postmaster
- # "abuse" is often used to fight against spam email
- abuse: postmaster
- spam: postmaster
- faxadm: root
- faxmaster: root
- webmaster: root
- gnats-admin: root
- mailman: root
- mailman-owner: mailman
-
- # mlmmj needs only one alias to function; this is with a mailinglist in
- # /var/spool/mlmmj/myownlist (remember full path):
- # myownlist: "| /usr/bin/mlmmj-recieve -L /var/spool/mlmmj/myownlist"
-
- # Majordomo can be used to have mailinglists on your site.
- #majordomo: "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo"
- #owner-majordomo: root,
- #majordomo-owner: root,
-
- # sample entry for a majordomo mailing-list called "test"
- # read /usr/doc/packages/majordomo/README.linux for more information
- # replace "test" with a new name and put the administrator into
- # the "owner-test" alias instead of "root".
- #
- #test: "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test test-outgoing"
- #test-outgoing: :include:/var/lib/majordomo/lists/test
- #test-request: "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l test"
- #test-approval: owner-test,
- #owner-test-outgoing: owner-test,
- #owner-test-request: owner-test,
- #owner-test: root,
- #
- # if you have bulk_mailer installed, you can replace the above
- # "test-outgoing" line with the following:
- #test-outgoing: "|/usr/bin/bulk_mailer owner-test@host.com /var/lib/majordomo/lists/test"
- #
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