Re: [Exim] Exim w/ FreeBSD 4.

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Leonardo Boselli
CC: Yann Golanski, exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim w/ FreeBSD 4.
leo@??? said:
> How can you modify aliases file on the fly ????


Just edit it - this is orthogonal to whether you run of inetd. Exim
does not hold the aliases file open in the way that sendmail can.

To have safe updating you need to rename or other atomic fs operation
the file into place. One way of doing this is to use CDB format alias
files.

    Nigel.
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