newaliases(1M)

newaliases -- rebuild the database for the mail aliases file

Synopsis

/etc/mail/newaliases

Description

newaliases rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file /etc/mail/aliases. It must be run each time this file is changed for the change to take effect.

newaliases is identical to sendmail.

Files

/etc/mail/aliases mail aliases file
/etc/mail/newaliases

Return values

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

References

aliases(4), sendmail(1M)