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diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/aliases.5 b/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/aliases.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 351946750f66..000000000000 --- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/aliases.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,107 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1997 Eric P. Allman -.\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 -.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by the University of -.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. -.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors -.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software -.\" without specific prior written permission. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.\" @(#)aliases.5 8.3 (Berkeley) 2/1/97 -.\" -.Dd February 1, 1997 -.Dt ALIASES 5 -.Os BSD 4 -.Sh NAME -.Nm aliases -.Nd aliases file for sendmail -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm aliases -.Sh DESCRIPTION -This file describes user -.Tn ID -aliases used by -.Pa /usr/sbin/sendmail . -The file resides in -.Pa /etc -and -is formatted as a series of lines of the form -.Bd -filled -offset indent -name: name_1, name2, name_3, . . . -.Ed -.Pp -The -.Em name -is the name to alias, and the -.Em name_n -are the aliases for that name. -Lines beginning with white space are continuation lines. -Lines beginning with -.Ql # -are comments. -.Pp -Aliasing occurs only on local names. -Loops can not occur, since no message will be sent to any person more than once. -.Pp -After aliasing has been done, local and valid recipients who have a -.Dq Pa .forward -file in their home directory have messages forwarded to the -list of users defined in that file. -.Pp -This is only the raw data file; the actual aliasing information is -placed into a binary format in the file -.Pa /etc/aliases.db -using the program -.Xr newaliases 1 . -A -.Xr newaliases -command should be executed each time the aliases file is changed for the -change to take effect. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr newaliases 1 , -.Xr dbopen 3 , -.Xr dbm 3 , -.Xr sendmail 8 -.Rs -.%T "SENDMAIL Installation and Operation Guide" -.Re -.Rs -.%T "SENDMAIL An Internetwork Mail Router" -.Re -.Sh BUGS -If you have compiled -.Xr sendmail -with DBM support instead of NEWDB, -you may have encountered problems in -.Xr dbm 3 -restricting a single alias to 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. -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm -file format appeared in -.Bx 4.0 . |