Mail Aliases

This aliases example shows the mail alias database, /etc/aliases, customized for a SuSE Linux system (with customizations beginning at the root: entry midway through the file and extending down to the apache: entry).  This aliases file sources from the aliases_files.cfg file.

# This is the aliases file - it says who gets mail for whom.
#
# >>>>>>>>>>      The program "newaliases" will need to be run
# >> NOTE >>      after this file is updated for any changes
# >>>>>>>>>>      to show through to sendmail.
#

# It is probably best to not work as user root and redirect all
# email to "root" to the address of a HUMAN who deals with this
# system's problems. Then you don't have to check for important
# email too often on the root account.
# The "\root" will make sure that email is also delivered to the
# root-account, but also forwarded to the user "joe".
#root:          joe, \root

# Basic system aliases that MUST be present.
postmaster:     root
mailer-daemon:  postmaster

# amavis
virusalert:     root

# General redirections for pseudo accounts in /etc/passwd.
administrator:  root
daemon:         root
lp:             root
news:           root
uucp:           root
games:          root
man:            root
at:             root
postgres:       root
mdom:           root
amanda:         root
ftp:            root
wwwrun:         root
squid:          root
msql:           root
gnats:          root
nobody:         root
# "bin" used to be in /etc/passwd
bin:            root

# Further well-known aliases for dns/news/ftp/mail/fax/web/gnats.
newsadm:        news
newsadmin:      news
usenet:         news
ftpadm:         ftp
ftpadmin:       ftp
ftp-adm:        ftp
ftp-admin:      ftp
hostmaster:     root
mail:           postmaster
postman:        postmaster
post_office:    postmaster
# "abuse" is often used to fight against spam email
abuse:          postmaster
spam:           postmaster
faxadm:         root
faxmaster:      root
##webmaster:    root
gnats-admin:    root

root:           brahms@vienna-bak
info:           brahms
webmaster:      brahms

johannes.brahms:       brahms

emc-info:       xanadu@zyborg.org, gabrieli@venice.earlymusichicago.org,
                johannes.brahms@earthlink.net

pikt-info:      brahms
pikt-bugs:      brahms
pikt-help:      brahms

forum-admin:    brahms

feedback:       brahms
contribute:     brahms

donate:         brahms
donations:      brahms

apache:         brahms@vienna-bak

mailman:        root
mailman-owner:  mailman

# Majordomo can be used to have mailinglists on your site.
#majordomo:             "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo"
#owner-majordomo:       root,
#majordomo-owner:       root,

# sample entry for a majordomo mailing-list called "test"
# read /usr/doc/packages/majordomo/README.linux for more information
# replace "test" with a new name and put the administrator into
# the "owner-test" alias instead of "root".
#
#test:                  "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper resend -l test
                                                     test-outgoing"
#test-outgoing:         :include:/var/lib/majordomo/lists/test
#test-request:          "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo -l test"
#test-approval:         owner-test,
#owner-test-outgoing:   owner-test,
#owner-test-request:    owner-test,
#owner-test:            root,
#
# if you have bulk_mailer installed, you can replace the above
# "test-outgoing" line with the following:
#test-outgoing:         "|/usr/bin/bulk_mailer owner-test@host.com
                          /var/lib/majordomo/lists/test"
#

For more examples, see Samples.