Administering a local MMDF system

Adding or removing a mail alias

To add a new alias or remove an existing one, start the Alias Administration Manager.

To add a new alias, select Add from the Aliases menu, and specify the alias name in the ``Name'' field. The name may not contain ``:'' or ``,'' characters. Type one or more alias member names in the ``Enter Name'' field and click on Add (or you can click on Select and choose each name from the list). Alias member names may be any valid user names or alias names. You must enter at least one alias member when adding a new alias.

NOTE: When using an alias to define another alias, be careful not to create an alias loop, where an alias member is another alias of which the original alias is also a member (for example, alias B is a member of alias A, and alias A is a member of alias B).

Two options that are available when you select Add from the Aliases menu are not useful on a local system. See the discussions on the Allow bypass and Public options.

Maintaining alias members in a file

As an alternative to entering all alias or list members manually when adding an alias, you can maintain the list of members in a file, one member per line. When you add a new alias, in the Enter Name field, type:

   <filename

The < indicates that the list of alias members are maintained in a file and filename is the location of the file. You can edit this file to modify the list of alias members.

Removing an alias

To remove an alias, start the Alias Administration Manager, click on the alias to be deleted, then select Remove from the Aliases menu.