Re: [Evolution] Evolution not recognizing /etc/aliases file

["Anthony E. Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

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On 02-Aug-2002/10:06 -0700, Sam Hart <hart physics arizona edu> wrote:
> It's the first Unix mailer I've encountered that doesn't support 
> /etc/aliases. The aliases file is a standard file used by things like 
> sendmail and the like.
>
> Traditionally, you use the aliases file to store aliases for e-mail 
> addresses. When you use a mail composer and enter one of the aliases from 
> that file, either the composer looks in that file and completes the 
> address, or it allows the alias to remain and tries to send the mail 
> anyway (it allows the MTA decide if the alias is valid or not)

If you're talking about Pine, that expansion is done by parsing
/etc/passwd, not /etc/aliases.


Tony
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