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mmdfalias(ADM)


mmdfalias -- convert XENIX-style aliases file to MMDF format

Syntax

/usr/mmdf/table/tools/mmdfalias

Description

mmdfalias is a conversion utility to produce MMDF-compatible alias files from the XENIX-format aliases file. mmdfalias also splits the converted contents of /usr/lib/mail/aliases into two MMDF files containing mailing list aliases and aliases that map user names to the machines on which they receive mail.

Place the following line in the file /usr/lib/mail/aliases to indicate where the mailing list aliases end and the user-to-machine mapping aliases begin:

   # user to machine mapping
Log in as mmdf and run the /usr/mmdf/table/tools/mmdfalias conversion script from the /usr/mmdf/table directory. You now have two MMDF files, alias.list and alias.user, in the current directory.

After creating these files in /usr/mmdf/table, you must rebuild the MMDF hashed database. While logged in as mmdf, run dbmbuild from /usr/mmdf/table.

Files

/usr/lib/mail/aliases
/usr/mmdf/table/alias.list
/usr/mmdf/table/alias.user

See also

dbmbuild(ADM), list(ADM), tables(F)

``Managing mail aliases and lists'' in the Mail and Messaging Guide

Standards conformance

MMDF is not part of any currently supported standard; it was developed at the University of Delaware and is used with permission.
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