1# 2# $Id: aliases,v 8.5 2002/06/05 22:54:26 gshapiro Exp $ 3# @(#)aliases 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/5/94 4# 5# Aliases in this file will NOT be expanded in the header from 6# Mail, but WILL be visible over networks. 7# 8# >>>>>>>>>> The program "newaliases" must be run after 9# >> NOTE >> this file is updated for any changes to 10# >>>>>>>>>> show through to sendmail. 11# 12# 13# See also RFC 2142, `MAILBOX NAMES FOR COMMON SERVICES, ROLES 14# AND FUNCTIONS', May 1997 15 16# Pretty much everything else in this file points to "root", so 17# you should forward root's email to the system administrator. 18# Delivering mail to root's mailbox or reading mail as root is 19# inadvisable. 20 21# Uncomment and *CHANGE* this! 22# root: insert-human-being-here 23 24# Basic system aliases -- these MUST be present 25MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster 26postmaster: root 27 28# General redirections for pseudo accounts 29bin: root 30daemon: root 31games: root 32mailnull: postmaster 33smmsp: postmaster 34ingres: root 35nobody: root 36system: root 37toor: root 38 39# Well-known aliases 40manager: root 41dumper: root 42operator: root 43 44# RFC 2142: BUSINESS-RELATED MAILBOX NAMES 45# info: root 46# marketing: root 47# sales: root 48# support: root 49 50# RFC 2142: NETWORK OPERATIONS MAILBOX NAMES 51abuse: root 52noc: root 53security: root 54 55# RFC 2142: SUPPORT MAILBOX NAMES FOR SPECIFIC INTERNET SERVICES 56hostmaster: root 57usenet: root 58news: usenet 59webmaster: root 60www: webmaster 61uucp: root 62ftp: root 63 64# Trap decode to catch security attacks 65decode: root 66