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Managing sendmail Services in Oracle® Solaris 11.3

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Updated: April 2020
 
 

Task Map for Administering Mail Alias Files

The following table describes the procedures for administering mail alias files. For more information, see Mail Alias Files.

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