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Managing sendmail Services in Oracle® Solaris 11.4

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Updated: November 2020
 
 

Administering Mail Alias Files

Mail aliases must be unique within the domain. The following table points to the procedures for administering mail alias files. For more information, see Mail Alias Files.

Task
Description
For Instructions
Set up an NIS mail.aliases map
Creates a mail.aliases map if you use the NIS name service.
Set up a local mail alias file
Creates an /etc/mail/aliases file if you are not using any name service.
Create a keyed map file
Facilitates aliasing with a keyed map file.
Set up the postmaster alias
Creates a postmaster alias to which users can address questions and report problems with the mail system.