From: Matt Fretwell (mattfbauchan.org)
Date: Mon Aug 01 2005 - 06:35:39 CDT

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Tony Earnshaw wrote:

> All my alias maps and virtual alias maps are in LDAP, which uses
> standard table lookups and "just works". If I do use an ordinarily
> formatted hash map for /etc/aliases, that works too. In fact, I can do
> more with such a map than with a newaliases-formatted map.

 Pretty much an irrelevant point, however. When someone mentions an
aliases map, the convention is to refer to the standard format, i.e:

user: alias

 No one said an alias type map *has* to be in that style. But neither is
giving an OP a contrary example regarding a default and widely understood
format much use, when specific mention is made regarding a system alias
file. An alias file can mean many things. A standard system alias file
will always be referred to using the above format, however.

Matt

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