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14.TH NEWALIASES 1 "$Date: 2003-04-08 15:06:26 $"
15.SH NAME
16newaliases
17\- rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
18.SH SYNOPSIS
19.B newaliases
20.SH DESCRIPTION
21.B Newaliases
22rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
23/etc/mail/aliases.  It must be run each time this file is changed
24in order for the change to take effect.
25.PP
26.B Newaliases
27is identical to ``sendmail -bi''.
28.PP
29The
30.B newaliases
31utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
32.PP
33Notice: do
34.B not
35use
36.B makemap
37to create the aliases data base, because
38.B newaliases
39puts a special token into the data base that is required by
40.B sendmail.
41.SH FILES
42.TP 2i
43/etc/mail/aliases
44The mail aliases file
45.SH SEE ALSO
46aliases(5), sendmail(8)
47.SH HISTORY
48The
49.B newaliases
50command appeared in 4.0BSD.
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