From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Fri Jan 27 2006 - 23:27:42 CST

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On Sat, Jan 28, 2006 at 02:14:35AM +0000, Kurt Lieber wrote:

> /var/mail/alias/misc/amd64 is the alias file for amd64gentoo.org
> /var/mail/alias/misc/www is the alias file for wwwgentoo.org
>
> and so on.
>
> Exim is configured to glob all files within directories that we specify.
> Adding new aliases is as simple as adding a new file to the appropriate
> directory. No edits are necessary to exim's configuration files. This
> works well for us since we can use traditional unix perms to allow devs to
> easily create new aliases in directories that we specify.

This allows any user to redirect (steal) mail from any other user. Postfix
has no such system. You can build one or more consolidated aliases files
in fixed locations using whatever secure or insecure logic you see fit.

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        Viktor.

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