Re: [Exim] exim 4 and multiple alias files

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Author: Peter Bowyer
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] exim 4 and multiple alias files
David W Smith <dwsmith@???> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
>> * David W Smith <dwsmith@???> [20040330 12:06]: wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>> Does anyone else have any thoughts on/ideas about pointing exim to
>>> more than one alias file (in this case one containing mailing list
>>> aliases)?
>>
>> The mailman list should be transparent to Exim, so there is no need
>> for alias files. If you really need alias files, let's hear what you
>> need them for.
>
> --- Interesting. For each mailing list created with mailman 2.1.4 10
> aliases are produced, which have to be pasted into your alias file in
> order to complete the list creation.


Did you read this?

http://www.exim.org/howto/mailman21.html

"The Exim configuration is built so that a list created within Mailman
automatically appears to Exim without the need for defining any additional
aliases"

Peter