1# 2# $Id: aliases,v 8.4 2001/12/30 04:46:23 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 38uucp: root 39 40# Well-known aliases 41manager: root 42dumper: root 43operator: root 44 45# RFC 2142: BUSINESS-RELATED MAILBOX NAMES 46# info: root 47# marketing: root 48# sales: root 49# support: root 50 51# RFC 2142: NETWORK OPERATIONS MAILBOX NAMES 52abuse: root 53noc: root 54security: root 55 56# RFC 2142: SUPPORT MAILBOX NAMES FOR SPECIFIC INTERNET SERVICES 57hostmaster: root 58usenet: root 59news: usenet 60webmaster: root 61www: webmaster 62uucp: root 63ftp: root 64 65# Trap decode to catch security attacks 66decode: root 67