-.\" $OpenBSD: newaliases.8,v 1.11 2015/12/22 17:52:21 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: newaliases.8,v 1.12 2018/07/20 15:35:33 millert Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Jacek Masiulaniec <jacekm@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Gilles Chehade <gilles@poolp.org>
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 22 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 20 2018 $
.Dt NEWALIASES 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm newaliases
-.Nd rebuild the database for the mail aliases file
+.Nd rebuild mail aliases
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm newaliases
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
.Nm
-rebuilds the random access database for the mail aliases file,
-the location of which is defined in
-.Xr smtpd.conf 5 ,
-and which by default is
-.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
-If using database (db) files
-this utility must be run every time the
+utility makes changes to the mail aliases file visible to
+.Xr smtpd 8 .
+It should be run every time the
.Xr aliases 5
file is changed.
+The location of the alias file is defined in
+.Xr smtpd.conf 5 ,
+and defaults to
+.Pa /etc/mail/aliases .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.Pa /etc/mail/smtpd.conf .
.El
.Pp
-Note: this utility is provided for sendmail compatibility.
-The preferred way of rebuilding the database is with
-.Xr makemap 8 :
+If using database (db) files,
+.Nm
+is equivalent to running
+.Xr makemap 8
+as follows:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# makemap -t aliases /etc/mail/aliases
.Ed
+.Pp
+If using plain text files,
+.Nm
+is equivalent to running
+.Xr smtpctl 8
+as follows:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+# smtpctl update table aliases
+.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/mail/aliasesXXX" -compact
.It Pa /etc/mail/aliases
.Ex -std newaliases
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr smtpd.conf 5 ,
-.Xr makemap 8
+.Xr makemap 8 ,
+.Xr smtpctl 8 ,
+.Xr smtpd 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm