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<TITLE>Mail Aliases Configuration</TITLE>
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<CENTER><FONT SIZE=6>Mail Aliases Configuration</FONT></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><I>Changes take affect immediately!</I></CENTER><BR>
<P>
<I><B>Wildcard Characters</B></I>
<BR>
The star (*) wildcard character matches any character string. The
question mark (?) wildcard character matches any one character in a
fixed position. All mail aliases are case-insensitive.
<P>
<CENTER>
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<FONT SIZE=5 COLOR=#990033><B>Mail Aliases</B></FONT>
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<P>
Mail aliases are used to map a mail userid to one or more mailboxes on
the this mail server or internet mail addresses. In the example below,
mail addressed to <B>Tod.Sambar@sambar.com</B> is redirected to
the local <B>tod</B> mailbox. Typical uses for aliases include mapping
<I>firstname.lastname</I> to a mail user's mailbox and/or addressing
all the members of a group using a single name such as <I>engineering</I>.
<P>
The <B>Fred.Sambar</B> aliase below forwards mail to the <B>null</B>
mailbox. The <B>null</B> mailbox is a "special" mailbox that results
in the mail quietly being discarded without the sender being notified.
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<TABLE border=0 cellspacing=4>
<TR><TH>Alias </TH><TH align=left> Mailbox(s)</TH></TR>
<TR><TD>support </TD><TD align=left> tod stacia</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>info </TD><TD align=left> tod support@microsoft.com</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Tod.Sambar </TD><TD align=left> tod</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Fred.Sambar </TD><TD align=left> null</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P>
<RCXcfgshow fname=mail.ini section=aliases>
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<FONT SIZE=5 COLOR=#990033><B>Forward Mail</B></FONT>
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<P>
Mail "forwarding" operates much the same way as mail aliases
do. The only difference is in the order of evaluation (aliases
are evaluated first) and the requirement that the mailbox being
forwarded exist. The "forward" entry below sends all mail destined
for the mailbox <B>tod</B> to the internet address <B>tod@altavista.net</B>.
Warning: If you inadvertently forward mail to an invalid mail address,
all mail destined for the address will be bounced back to the client.
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<P>
<TABLE border=0 cellspacing=4>
<TR><TH>Mailbox </TH><TH align=left> Destination(s)</TH></TR>
<TR><TD>tod </TD><TD align=left> tod@altavista.net</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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<RCXcfgshow fname=mail.ini section=forward>
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