newaliases(1M) newaliases(1M)
NAME
newaliases - rebuilds the database for the mail aliases file
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file It must be run each time this file is changed in order for the change to take
effect.
is identical to
Options
Validate addresses.
When rebuilds the alias database files, it will check the legality of all addresses to the right of the colons. Each address is
validated. If the validation fails, the address is skipped and a warning message is displayed.
RETURN VALUE
The utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley, and originally appeared in 4.0BSD. The manual page originally came from
FILES
The mail aliases file.
Database of alias names.
SEE ALSO
aliases(5), sendmail(1M).
newaliases(1M)
