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18.Dd $Mdocdate: December 22 2015 $
19.Dt NEWALIASES 8
20.Os
21.Sh NAME
22.Nm newaliases
23.Nd rebuild the database for the mail aliases file
24.Sh SYNOPSIS
25.Nm newaliases
26.Op Fl f Ar file
27.Sh DESCRIPTION
28.Nm
29rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file,
30the location of which is defined in
31.Xr smtpd.conf 5 ,
32and which by default is
33.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
34If using database (db) files
35this utility must be run every time the
36.Xr aliases 5
37file is changed.
38.Pp
39The options are as follows:
40.Bl -tag -width Ds
41.It Fl f Ar file
42Use
43.Ar file
44as the configuration file,
45instead of the default
46.Pa /etc/mail/smtpd.conf .
47.El
48.Pp
49Note: this utility is provided for sendmail compatibility.
50The preferred way of rebuilding the database is with
51.Xr makemap 8 :
52.Bd -literal -offset indent
53# makemap -t aliases /etc/mail/aliases
54.Ed
55.Sh FILES
56.Bl -tag -width "/etc/mail/aliasesXXX" -compact
57.It Pa /etc/mail/aliases
58List of local user mail aliases.
59.It Pa /etc/mail/virtual
60List of virtual host aliases.
61.El
62.Sh EXIT STATUS
63.Ex -std newaliases
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr smtpd.conf 5 ,
66.Xr makemap 8
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Nm
70command first appeared in
71.Ox 4.6
72as a replacement for the equivalent command shipped with sendmail.
73