NEWALIASES(8) | System Manager's Manual | NEWALIASES(8)

# NAME

`newaliases` — rebuild mail aliases

# SYNOPSIS

`newaliases` | [`-f` file]

# DESCRIPTION

The `newaliases` utility makes changes to the mail aliases file visible to smtpd(8). It should be run every time the aliases(5) file is changed. The location of the alias file is defined in smtpd.conf(5), and defaults to /etc/mail/aliases.

The options are as follows:

`-f` file
  Use file as the configuration file, instead of the default /etc/mail/smtpd.conf.

If using database (db) files, `newaliases` is equivalent to running makemap(8) as follows:

    # makemap -t aliases /etc/mail/aliases

If using plain text files, `newaliases` is equivalent to running smtpctl(8) as follows:

    # smtpctl update table aliases

# FILES

/etc/mail/aliases
  List of local user mail aliases.
/etc/mail/virtual
  List of virtual host aliases.

# EXIT STATUS

The `newaliases` utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

# SEE ALSO

smtpd.conf(5), makemap(8), smtpctl(8), smtpd(8)

# HISTORY

The `newaliases` command first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6 as a replacement for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail.

July 20, 2018 | Debian