Managing email aliases#
This manual is dedicated to users that are part of the aliases
group. It describes actions that can be done by those users on the email aliases.
Edit receiving aliases#
Open the /etc/aliases
file with your favorite CLI text editor (nano
, vim
, etc.). It should look something like this:
# See man 5 aliases for format.
# Use tab for alignment.
# To regenerate the db file run: newaliases
postmaster: root
root: nicolas
contact: nicolas,vincent,guilhem,audrey
alert: nicolas,vincent,guilhem
matrix-synapse: /dev/null
jellyfin: /dev/null
Important
After you’ve saved your edits, you have to regenerate the database (/etc/aliases.db
) using the following command:
newaliases
Add or remove a user from an alias#
Simply write or erase the name of the chosen user in the list that follows the alias name.
Create or delete an alias#
You can create as many aliases as you want by adding a new line to the file, following the postfix aliases db syntax:
<ALIAS>: <USER1>[,<USER2>...]
To delete an alias, simply delete or comment out (using #
) the corresponding line.
Edit sending aliases#
The process is very similar from the edition of receiving aliases, but some differences exists:
The file to edit is
/etc/aliases_senders
.You must NOT use
:
between the key and the value.You must always specify the complete email address with
@club1.fr
.The command used to regenerate the database is:
/usr/sbin/postmap hash:/etc/aliases_senders