On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 18:49 +0200, Peter Rabbitson wrote:

> I have some trouble understanding the difference between the alias and
> forward mechanisms in dbmail. I am probably confused by the fact that
> /etc/aliases handles both in the same manner, making an alias a specific
> case of forwarding. How is dbmail different?

The code for both is identical until the point that the alias is
delivered to an internal user and the forward opens a pipe to sendmail
or another program.

When using dbmail-users, the different command line options are there
because a forward originates from an arbitrary address and ends in an
arbitrary address or pipe out, while an aliases attaches an arbitrary
address to a user account.

(let me know if that explanation made sense!)

Aaron


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