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.Dd October 21, 2008
.Dt NEWALIASES 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm newaliases
.Nd rebuild the data base for the mail aliases file
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm newaliases
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
rebuilds the random access data base for the mail aliases file
.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
It must be run each time this file is changed
in order for the change to take effect.
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/mail/aliases -compact
.It Pa /etc/mail/aliases
The mail aliases file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr aliases 5 ,
.Xr mailer.conf 5 ,
.Xr makemap 8 ,
.Xr smtpd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Ox 4.5
as a replacement for the older
.Nm
utility that was shipped with
.Xr sendmail .