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| Appendix A - An example /etc/aliases file | |
# # Sample /etc/aliases file. Install in the location as specified by the # output from the command "postconf alias_maps". Typical path names # are /etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases. # # >>>>>>>>>> The program "newaliases" must be run after # >> NOTE >> this file is updated for any changes to # >>>>>>>>>> show through to Postfix. # # Person who should get root's mail. Don't receive mail as root! # *** replace with your user name! *** #root: [you] # Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster postmaster: root # General redirections for pseudo accounts bin: root daemon: root named: root nobody: root uucp: root www: root ftp-bugs: root sendmail: root # make sure this is included if using postfix as MTA postfix: root # Put your local aliases here. # Well-known aliases manager: root dumper: root operator: root abuse: postmaster # trap decode to catch security attacks decode: root # and some extra system ones webmaster: root system: root security: root apache: root # and some extra business ones: sales: root marketing: root info: root help: root # -- EOF --
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