NetBSD/gnu/dist/postfix/conf/aliases
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#
# >>>>>>>>>> The program "newaliases" must be run after
# >> NOTE >> this file is updated for any changes to
# >>>>>>>>>> show through to Postfix.
#
# Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present
MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster
postmaster: root
# General redirections for pseudo accounts
bin: root
daemon: root
named: root
nobody: root
uucp: root
www: root
ftp-bugs: root
postfix: root
# Put your local aliases here.
# Well-known aliases
manager: root
dumper: root
operator: root
abuse: postmaster
# trap decode to catch security attacks
decode: root
# Person who should get root's mail
#root: you
#
# ALIASES(5) ALIASES(5)
#
# NAME
# aliases - format of the Postfix alias database
#
# SYNOPSIS
# newaliases
#
# DESCRIPTION
# The aliases table provides a system-wide mechanism to
# redirect mail for local recipients. The redirections are
# processed by the Postfix local(8) delivery agent.
#
# Normally, the aliases table is specified as a text file
# that serves as input to the postalias(1) command. The
# result, an indexed file in dbm or db format, is used for
# fast lookup by the mail system. Execute the command
# newaliases in order to rebuild the indexed file after
# changing the Postfix alias database.
#
# The input and output file formats are expected to be com-
# patible with Sendmail version 8, and are expected to be
# suitable for the use as NIS maps.
#
# Users can control delivery of their own mail by setting up
# .forward files in their home directory. Lines in per-user
# .forward files have the same syntax as the right-hand side
# of aliases entries.
#
# The format of the alias database input file is as follows:
#
# o An alias definition has the form
#
# name: value1, value2, ...
#
# o Lines that begin with whitespace continue the pre-
# vious line.
#
# o Blank lines are ignored, as are lines beginning
# with `#'.
#
# The name is a local address (no domain part). Use double
# quotes when the name contains any special characters such
# as whitespace, `#', `:', or `@'. The name is folded to
# lowercase, in order to make database lookups case insensi-
# tive.
#
# In addition, when an alias exists for owner-name, delivery
# diagnostics are directed to that address, instead of to
# the originator. This is typically used to direct delivery
# errors to the owner of a mailing list, who is in a better
# position to deal with mailing list delivery problems than
# the originator of the undelivered mail.
#
# The value contains one or more of the following:
#
# 1
#
# ALIASES(5) ALIASES(5)
#
# address
# Mail is forwarded to address, which is compatible
# with the RFC 822 standard.
#
# /file/name
# Mail is appended to /file/name. See local(8) for
# details of delivery to file. Delivery is not lim-
# ited to regular files. For example, to dispose of
# unwanted mail, deflect it to /dev/null.
#
# |command
# Mail is piped into command. Commands that contain
# special characters, such as whitespace, should be
# enclosed between double quotes. See local(8) for
# details of delivery to command.
#
# When the command fails, a limited amount of command
# output is mailed back to the sender. The file
# /usr/include/sysexits.h defines the expected exit
# status codes. For example, use |"exit 67" to simu-
# late a "user unknown" error, and |"exit 0" to
# implement an expensive black hole.
#
# :include:/file/name
# Mail is sent to the destinations listed in the
# named file. Lines in :include: files have the same
# syntax as the right-hand side of alias entries.
#
# A destination can be any destination that is
# described in this manual page. However, delivery to
# "|command" and /file/name is disallowed by default.
# To enable, edit the allow_mail_to_commands and
# allow_mail_to_files configuration parameters.
#
# ADDRESS EXTENSION
# When alias database search fails, and the recipient local-
# part contains the optional recipient delimiter (e.g.,
# user+foo), the search is repeated for the unextended
# address (e.g., user).
#
# CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
# The following main.cf parameters are especially relevant
# to this topic. See the Postfix main.cf file for syntax
# details and for default values. Use the postfix reload
# command after a configuration change.
#
# alias_maps
# List of alias databases.
#
# allow_mail_to_commands
# Restrict the usage of mail delivery to external
# command.
#
# 2
#
# ALIASES(5) ALIASES(5)
#
# allow_mail_to_files
# Restrict the usage of mail delivery to external
# file.
#
# expand_owner_alias
# When delivering to an alias that has an owner- com-
# panion alias, set the envelope sender address to
# the right-hand side of the owner alias, instead
# using of the left-hand side address.
#
# owner_request_special
# Give special treatment to owner-xxx and xxx-request
# addresses.
#
# recipient_delimiter
# Delimiter that separates recipients from address
# extensions.
#
# STANDARDS
# RFC 822 (ARPA Internet Text Messages)
#
# SEE ALSO
# local(8) local delivery agent
# postalias(1) alias database management
#
# LICENSE
# The Secure Mailer license must be distributed with this
# software.
#
# AUTHOR(S)
# Wietse Venema
# IBM T.J. Watson Research
# P.O. Box 704
# Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
#
# 3
#