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address@concealed wrote:

> Redmond Militante wrote:
>
> > Isn't alias_manager.pl supposed to run 'newaliases' via aliaswrapper, 
> > whenever it is run?                         
> >                                                                                                                  
> > On our sympa installation, I can run alias_manager.pl from the 
> > command line, and when I create a new list via     wwsympa.fcgi, 
> > alias_manager.pl runs and appends new list aliases to 
> > /etc/mail/sympa.aliases - but it looks like it
> > is not running 'newaliases' after appending to sympa.aliases.  I have 
> > to log in as root and run 'newaliases'      manually in order to 
> > successfully send mail to my new list, otherwise I get a mail 
> > delivery notification telling  me that the message can't be delivered 
> > because the recipient is unknown - running 'newaliases' fixes 
> > this.        
> >                                                                                                                  
> > Do I have to recompile in order to get alias_manager.pl to run 
> > newaliases for me?  Or do people usually just      newaliases as a 
> > cron 
> > job?                                                                                         
> >                                                                                                                  
> > Thanks.       
> At the end, if you are in troubles because of that, you may configre 
> sendmail to automatically rebuild aliases when needed (I  remember the 
> option is named  AutoRebuildAlias )

Sorry this option as been removed in sendmail 8.12