NAME
masqmail.aliases - masqmail alias file format
DESCRIPTION
This man page describes the format of the masqmail alias file. Its
usual location is /etc/aliases.
FILE FORMAT
The alias file consists of lines of the form: local_part: item1, item2,
... Items can be surrounded by double quotes `"'. If within the
quotes other quotes are needed for an address they can be escaped with
a leading backslash `\'.
A leading backslash `\' indicates that this address shall not be
further expanded.
A leading pipe symbol `|' indicates that the item shall be treated as a
pipe command. The content of the message will then be sent to the
standard input of a command. The command will run under the user id
and group id masqmail is running as. If quotes are needed, the pipe
symbol must appear within the quotes.
Loops will be detected, the offending address will be ignored.
Aliases will be expanded at delivery time. This means that if there is
a message still in the queue and you change any alias which matches one
of the recipient addresses, the change will have effect next time a
delivery is attemped.
There is no need to restart masqmail or run any command when the alias
file has been changed.
AUTHOR
Masqmail was written by Oliver Kurth. It is now maintained by Markus
Schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>.
You will find the newest version of masqmail at
http://marmaro.de/prog/masqmail/. There is also a mailing list, you
will find information about it at masqmail's main site.
BUGS
Please report bugs to the mailing list.
SEE ALSO
masqmail.conf(5), masqmail(8),