[H-GEN] sendmail aliases

[Robert Brockway]

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On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Tony Nugent wrote:

> Sendmail aliases files only apply to email being delivered locally.
> That is, you can't use aliases like this to divert local email to
> another mail server:
> 
> ewane:	ewane at tenmail.mincom.oz.au
> 
> No, that won't work at all.  To achive that, you need to use
> /etc/mail/virtusertable (not aliases).

Hi guys.  Actually this will work.  I often direct local aliases to remote
accounts like this.

You can consider aliases & .forward to have equivalent functionality.
Virtusertable does more of course.
Rob

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