Paul:

Try running

$ sendmail -bi

in the Posix shell. This should initialize your aliases file.

On 10/13/06, =?windows-1252?Q?Paul_English?= <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello People
>
> My baptism of fire regarding SENDMAIL continues and it is now functional
>
> (thanks to Steve Cooper for valued assistance).
>
> However this message is apperaing in our log file and whilst I have seen
>
> references to the alias database in various documents retrieved via
> internet searched I haven't come across what to actually do to remedy t
> he
> situation.
>
> Therefore I have two questions, when responding PLEASE assuming that I am
>
> clueless so you'll need to spell things out rather than say 'do a reb
> uild'
> for example. Also, and I apologise for the naivity of the question, but
>
> does it matter / should it be a concern.
>
> We are on MPE/ix 6.5 pp2 and version 8.1.9 od sendmail (I believe). I
> should add that sendmail is only used to issue emails 95% of which are fo
> r
> in company receipients.
>
> Here is an example of the log extract from which my queries arise.
>
>
> Oct 13 06:29:54 localhost sendmail[136774381]: alias
> database /etc/mail/aliases
> .db out of date
>
>
> Thanks for your time
> Paul E
>
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