Stephen Harris schrieb: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 02:39:37PM +0100, G?tz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator wrote: >> how are mails forwarded, if I do have the same alias pointing to two >> different users like this (two entries, two lines): >> >> bon.aqua: coke >> bon.aqua: pepsi > > That will not work. > >> Will coke and pepsi get the mail adressed to bon.aqua or will only the >> first entry get the mail? > > You'll get a warning message > > $ grep testme /etc/aliases > testme: user1 > testme: user2 > $ newaliases > /etc/aliases: line 105: testme... Warning: duplicate alias name testme > /etc/aliases: 80 aliases, longest 10 bytes, 812 bytes total :-) It must be monday ... I've looked up the warning (what I could have done before posting) and: http://home.bolink.org/ebooks/networking/sendmail/ch24_04.htm 24.4.4 Duplicate Entries and Automation Ordinarily, duplicate local names on the left-hand side of the colon in an alias file will result in an error. For example, consider this abstract from an aliases file: staff: bob staff: george Running newaliases on this file would produce the following error message and would cause the first entry to be ignored: Warning: duplicate alias name george /Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Claudia Hübner Staatsrätin für Demographischen Wandel und für Senioren im Staatsministerium Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt