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SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)		  sympa 6.2.76		     SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)

NAME
     sympa_newaliases, sympa_newaliases.pl - Alias database maintenance

SYNOPSIS
       sympa_newaliases.pl --domain=dom.ain

DESCRIPTION
     sympa_newaliases.pl is a program to maintain alias database.

     It is typically invoked from Sympa::Aliases::Template module via
     sympa_newaliases-wrapper, then updates alias database.

OPTIONS
     sympa_newaliases.pl may run with following options.

     "--domain="domain
	 Name of virtual robot on which aliases will be updated.

     "-h", "--help"
	 Print this help message.

CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
     Following site configuration parameters in /usr/local/etc/sympa/sympa.conf
     will be referred.	They may be overridden by robot.conf of each virtual ro-
     bot.

     sendmail_aliases
	 Source text of alias database.

	 Default value is $SENDMAIL_ALIASES.

     aliases_program
	 System command to update alias database.  Possible values are:

	 "makemap"
	     Sendmail makemap utility.

	 "newaliases"
	     newaliases(1) or compatible utility.

	 "postalias"
	     Postfix postalias(1) utility.

	 "postmap"
	     Postfix postmap(1) utility.

	 Full path
	     Full path to executable file.  File will be invoked with the value
	     of "sendmail_aliases" as an argument.

	 Default value is "newaliases".

     aliases_db_type
	 Type of alias database.  This is meaningful when value of "aliases_pro-
	 gram" parameter is "makemap", "postalias" or "postmap".

	 Possible values will be vary by system commands.  For example, "postal-
	 ias" and "postmap" can support any of "btree", "cdb", "dbm", "hash" and
	 "sdbm".

	 Default value is "hash".

RETURN VALUE
     Returns with exit code 0.	If invoked system command failed, returns with
     its exit code.  On other failures, returns with 1.

FILES
     /usr/local/etc/sympa/sympa.conf
	 Sympa site configuration.

     $LIBEXECDIR/sympa_newaliases-wrapper
	 Set UID wrapper for sympa_newaliases.pl.

HISTORY
     sympa_newaliases.pl appeared on Sympa 6.1.18.  It was initially written by
     IKEDA Soji <ikeda@conversion.co.jp>.

SEE ALSO
     Sympa::Aliases::Template.

6.2.76				   2026-08-04		     SYMPA_NEWALIASES(1)

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