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Annotation of coherent/f/usr/lib/mail/aliases, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: #---------------------------------------------------------------#
                      2: # /usr/lib/mail/aliases 10/11/90                               #
                      3: # Coherent mail aliases file                                   #
                      4: #                                                              #
                      5: # Each line of this file gives an alias name followed by ':'   #
                      6: # followed by a whitespace-separated list of replacement names.        #
                      7: # A replacement name may be a UUCP address, a local user name, #
                      8: # or another alias.  A line starting with '#' is a comment.    #
                      9: # A '\' causes the remainder of the physical line in the file  #
                     10: # to be discarded as if it were a comment; the same alias      #
                     11: # specification continues with the next line.                  #
                     12: #                                                              #
                     13: # The mail program reconciles a mail message addressed to an   #
                     14: # alias to the alias specified in this file.                   #
                     15: # This process repeats recursively for each replacement name.  #
                     16: # A message addressed to foo with the alias of foo specified   #
                     17: # by the line "foo: foo" simply sends the message to foo.      #
                     18: # A replacement name of the form "machine!stuff..."            #
                     19: # where "machine" is the uucpname of the local machine         #
                     20: # is defined to be the same as "stuff...".                     #
                     21: #                                                              #
                     22: # Duplicates in the resolution list are discarded.             #
                     23: # It is illegal to specify an alias name more than once.       #
                     24: #                                                              #
                     25: # The mail program reads the file $HOME/.aliases as if it were #
                     26: # part of this file to allow user-specific mail aliases.       #
                     27: #                                                              #
                     28: # Caution:  It is quite easy to produce loops which will cause #
                     29: # mail to cycle forever in the UUCP system between multiple    #
                     30: # machines, messages growing by a new header at every step.    #
                     31: # This should be AVOIDED!                                      #
                     32: #---------------------------------------------------------------#
                     33: 
                     34: #---------------------------------------#
                     35: # System alias names                   #
                     36: #---------------------------------------#
                     37: postmaster:            root
                     38: uucp:                  root
                     39: daemon:                        root
                     40: 
                     41: #---------------------------------------#
                     42: # Local alias names                    #
                     43: #---------------------------------------#

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