[H-GEN] sendmail aliases

Robert Brockway robert at timetraveller.org
Mon Apr 15 02:50:39 EDT 2002


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On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Nikolai Lusan wrote:

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> Wrong again, please clear up your misconceptions about how the aliases
> file works - the mail does not need to be destined for a local mailbox,
> it simply needs to be accepted for delivery to a domain hosted on that
> machine.

aliases doesn't even have this limitation.  You can specify a remote email
address on the RHS of the alaises file.  No problem at all.  I use this
feature often.

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