January 21, 2021 11:25 AM, "Claus Assmann" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2021, Martin Vahlensieck wrote: > >> I think the backslash at the beginning of the line is an error. > > Why? Does it fail when used as described? > >> -\eeric, "|/usr/bin/vacation -a allman eric" > > Originally this was to avoid recursion, i.e., > \eric > will not be expanded again. > > Maybe that has been changed (with smtpd instead of sendmail) so it > is not necessary anymore? > It is unnecessary with smtpd. If you have an alias which points to itself, you end up in two cases: a- the alias key is not a user, in which case this is a cycle and the expansion fails b- the alias key is a user, in which case this ends the expansion
