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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.
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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>.
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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>
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<RCXcfgshow fname=mail.ini section=aliases>
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<FONT SIZE=5 COLOR=#990033><B>Mail Fetcher Aliases</B></FONT>
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<P>
Mail <I>fetcher</I> aliases are exactly like regular mail aliases
(above), except they <I>only apply to the fetcher</I>; outgoing mail
is not affected by this alias.
Fetcher aliases are necessary for mailing lists that come in without an
identifiable user account. For example, mail received from
<B>sambarlist@skyweb.se</B> is also addressed to <B>sambarlist@skyweb.se</B>,
so there is no identifiable local mailbox. A <B>Fetcher Alias</B>
can be used to indicate that <B>sambarlist@skyweb.se</B> should go into
one or more local accounts, otherwise, it would go into
the account identified by the <B>Unknown Mailbox</B>.
(Note: Fetcher aliases are applied before standard aliases when retrieving
mail via the fetcher.)
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<TABLE border=0 cellspacing=4>
<TR><TH>Alias </TH><TH align=left> Mailbox(s)</TH></TR>
<TR><TD>sambarlist@skyweb.se </TD><TD align=left> tod stacia</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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<RCXcfgshow fname=mail.ini section=fetcher-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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<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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