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diff --git a/html/aliases.5.html b/html/aliases.5.html index 27cfe69..79d01b4 100644 --- a/html/aliases.5.html +++ b/html/aliases.5.html @@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ ALIASES(5) ALIASES(5) <b>newaliases</b> <b>DESCRIPTION</b> - The <a href="aliases.5.html"><b>aliases</b>(5)</a> table provides a system-wide mechanism to redirect mail - for local recipients. The redirections are processed by the Postfix - <a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a> delivery agent. + The optional <a href="aliases.5.html"><b>aliases</b>(5)</a> table (<a href="postconf.5.html#alias_maps">alias_maps</a>) redirects mail for local + recipients. The redirections are processed by the Postfix <a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a> + delivery agent. + + This is unlike <a href="virtual.5.html"><b>virtual</b>(5)</a> aliasing (<a href="postconf.5.html#virtual_alias_maps">virtual_alias_maps</a>) which applies + to all recipients: <a href="local.8.html">local(8)</a>, virtual, and remote, and which is imple- + mented by the <a href="cleanup.8.html"><b>cleanup</b>(8)</a> daemon. Normally, the <a href="aliases.5.html"><b>aliases</b>(5)</a> table is specified as a text file that serves as input to the <a href="postalias.1.html"><b>postalias</b>(1)</a> command. The result, an indexed file in @@ -144,7 +148,9 @@ ALIASES(5) ALIASES(5) "<b>newaliases</b>" or with "<b>sendmail -bi</b>". <b><a href="postconf.5.html#alias_maps">alias_maps</a> (see 'postconf -d' output)</b> - The alias databases that are used for <a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a> delivery. + Optional lookup tables with aliases that apply only to <a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a> + recipients; this is unlike <a href="postconf.5.html#virtual_alias_maps">virtual_alias_maps</a> that apply to all + recipients: <a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a>, virtual, and remote. <b><a href="postconf.5.html#allow_mail_to_commands">allow_mail_to_commands</a> (alias, forward)</b> Restrict <a href="local.8.html"><b>local</b>(8)</a> mail delivery to external commands. |