Aliases in Unified Configuration

In Unified Configuration, plain MTA aliases (but see also Aliases in LDAP) are set as a named set of options under an   group. At the simplest, an alias can be set as: msconfig&#x3e; set alias:alias-with-quoted-periods.alias_entry address-or-alias e.g., msconfig&#x3e; set alias:first\.last@subdomain\.domain.\com.alias_entry "mailbox@mailhost.domain.com" where the   (appearing between   and   )  is the alias, and the value on the right hand side is an address or alias to which the alias translates.

Note that each period in the alias name itself must be quoted with the backslash character. After the alias name, an unquoted period marks the end of the alias name, and the start of an alias option. The  option is required,  being the fundamental definition of the alias; additional  alias options are optional.

An alias may translate to multiple addresses or aliases, (forming a so-called mail group). For such an alias, use multiple  commands, e.g., msconfig&#x3e; set alias:first\.last@subdomain\.domain.\com.alias_entry "mailbox@mailhost.domain.com" msconfig&#x3e; set alias:first\.last@subdomain\.domain.\com.alias_entry "remote-mailbox@remote-domain.com" Optionally, other alias options in addition to  may be set on an alias. Such optional alias options are especially relevant when defining a mailing list (which is merely a specially decorated form of alias, from the MTA&#x27;s point of view), but may also be set on individual user aliases, e.g.: msconfig&#x3e; set alias:first\.last@subdomain\.domain\.com.alias_blocklimit 200 As an alternative to using  commands, you may instead issue the command   within   to enter an interactive mode of editting aliases as if they were in the legacy configuration alias file; use   to quit interactive editting mode,  or   to save your edits and exit interactive editting mode.

See also:
 * The alias group
 * alias_entry Option
 * Alias options
 * Aliases in LDAP
 * Mailing lists
 * Alias recursion and nested list definitions
 * Alias file format
 * Alias special formats
 * alias_hash_size MTA Option
 * alias_member_size MTA Option
 * Aliases