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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Jeremy C. Reed
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] criticism/comment about missing info in install docs
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> I like that idea of having a aliases file ready to use.


I don't see how that is possible. I can certainly install a "fake" alias
file, with suggestions in it, but there's no way to tell what address to
use for "postmaster", for example. (OK, you can alias everything to
root, but then you really should have an alias for root...)

> Also, it may be a good idea to have the documentation mention the
> importance of having aliases for all accounts, because if you ignore them
> they may start just receiving un-read mail and using up disk space.


Good point.

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