Troubleshooting Your Mail Configuration
The following sections provide some tips and tools that you can use for troubleshooting mail.
Checking Aliases
To verify aliases and determine whether mail can be delivered to a given recipient, type /usr/lib/sendmail -v -bv recipient and press Return. The command displays the aliases and identifies the final address as deliverable or not. The following example shows the output from this command.
% /usr/lib/sendmail -v -bv shamira@raks
shamira... aliased to mwong
mwong... aliased to shamira@raks
shamira@raks... deliverable
%
CAUTION
Take extra care to avoid loops and inconsistent databases when both local and domain-wide aliases are used. Be especially careful when you move a user from one system to another ...
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