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1 | --- Setting up /etc/aliases |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | Create /etc/aliases if it does not already exist. You should include | |
| 4 | forwarding instructions for mailer-daemon, postmaster, and root: | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | root: alias | |
| 7 | postmaster: alias | |
| 8 | mailer-daemon: alias | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | Note that qmail never delivers mail to root. The instructions shown here | |
| 11 | will deliver messages to the mailbox of the ``alias'' user. | |
| 12 | ||
| 13 | For further details on the format of /etc/aliases, and a list of | |
| 14 | sendmail compatibility warnings, see the newaliases man page. | |
| 15 | ||
| 16 | ||
| 17 | --- Compiling /etc/aliases | |
| 18 | ||
| 19 | Once /etc/aliases is ready, run newaliases to compile /etc/aliases into | |
| 20 | /etc/aliases.cdb: | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | # newaliases | |
| 23 | ||
| 24 | Review /etc/aliases.cdb to make sure it has the instructions you want: | |
| 25 | ||
| 26 | % printforward < /etc/aliases.cdb | more | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | For the format of printforward's output, see the setforward man page. | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | If you change /etc/aliases you will have to run newaliases again. You | |
| 31 | may want to add a comment at the top of /etc/aliases as a reminder. | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | ||
| 34 | --- Compiling :include: files | |
| 35 | ||
| 36 | If you have an :include: file, say /etc/staff-list, compile it into | |
| 37 | /etc/staff-list.bin: | |
| 38 | ||
| 39 | # newinclude /etc/staff-list | |
| 40 | ||
| 41 | See the newinclude man page for a list of sendmail compatibility | |
| 42 | warnings. Review /etc/staff-list.bin: | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | % printmaillist < /etc/staff-list.bin | more | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | For the format of printmaillist's output, see the setmaillist man page. | |
| 47 | ||
| 48 | If you change /etc/staff-list you will have to run newinclude again. You | |
| 49 | may want to add a comment at the top of /etc/staff-list as a reminder. | |
| 50 | ||
| 51 | ||
| 52 | --- Configuring qmail to use /etc/aliases | |
| 53 | ||
| 54 | To activate /etc/aliases, put this line into ~alias/.qmail-default: | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | | fastforward -d /etc/aliases.cdb | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | If qmail is already running, make sure to chmod +t ~alias before you | |
| 59 | edit .qmail files in ~alias, and chmod -t ~alias after. | |
| 60 | ||
| 61 | ||
| 62 | --- Testing aliases | |
| 63 | ||
| 64 | To check the expansion of postmaster@your.host without sending any mail: | |
| 65 | ||
| 66 | % env DEFAULT=postmaster HOST=your.host fastforward -nd /etc/aliases.cdb | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | Replace your.host with your fully qualified domain name. Make sure to | |
| 69 | include the -nd. | |
| 70 | ||
| 71 | Next, try sending a message to postmaster@your.host. Watch the qmail log | |
| 72 | and the final mailbox to make sure the alias works the way you want. | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | You can check other aliases the same way. | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | ||
| 77 | --- Using /etc/aliases for virtual domains | |
| 78 | ||
| 79 | To put all addresses at virt.dom under control of /etc/aliases, add | |
| 80 | ||
| 81 | virt.dom:alias | |
| 82 | ||
| 83 | to /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains, and give qmail-send a HUP signal. | |
| 84 | Also add | |
| 85 | ||
| 86 | virt.dom | |
| 87 | ||
| 88 | to /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts so that qmail accepts mail for virt.dom | |
| 89 | from remote hosts. Now you can handle virt.dom in /etc/aliases: | |
| 90 | ||
| 91 | billing@virt.dom: joe, fred | |
| 92 | (this line catches all other addresses)@virt.dom: joe | |
| 93 | ||
| 94 | Note that postmaster@virt.dom will go to joe; the @virt.dom instruction | |
| 95 | overrides the postmaster instruction. Note, however, that other .qmail | |
| 96 | files in ~alias override ~alias/.qmail-default, so you can set up | |
| 97 | ~alias/.qmail-postmaster to handle postmaster@everything. | |
| 98 | ||
| 99 | Beware that sendmail does not support domain-specific instructions in | |
| 100 | /etc/aliases; they are a fastforward feature. |