Setting Email Alias Options
How to get hereYou can create the following aliases: a standard alias, a group alias, a program alias, an alias that sends a message to a pager or beeper, or a domain alias.
You can create aliases one at a time in the IMail Administrator or you can add a batch of aliases at one time. For more information about adding aliases with a batch file, see Adding an Alias (addalias.exe). If you plan to add a group alias, you can prepare a text file before you add the group alias. Enter all the mail addresses you want to include in the group into a text file; enter one address per line followed by a carriage return. Place the file in the host directory.
If you plan to create a program alias, copy the application to the IMail Server system. You can also use a .bat file to store the commands you want to use. (In this case, the program alias will point to the .bat file, making it easy to edit the .bat file at any time without having to change the program alias.)
Note: Alias names are limited to 45 characters and must be created from the character set of A- Z, a-z, 0-9, - (hyphen), and _ (underscore). The name cannot contain spaces and must be unique for this mail host.
Search box. Enter an alias name that you want to search for in the list of available aliases, then click Search.
Clear. Click Clear to reset the alias search results list and display all available aliases.
Name list. Click an alias name to modify an alias. Click 
or
to sort the list.
Note: You cannot change the alias type; for example, you cannot change a Standard alias to a Group alias. If you want to use an existing alias name for another type of alias, delete the existing alias and create a new alias of the desired type. The exception to this rule is that a standard alias will automatically be converted to a Group alias if more than five users are added to it.
Type. This column lists the type of alias: program, group, standard, beeper, or pager.
Resolves To. This column lists the originating program, group, or standard, beeper, or pager for which the alias was created.
Add. Click Add to create a new alias name on IMail Server. For more information, see Adding an Email Alias.
Delete. Select an alias that you want to delete from the Alias name list, then click Delete to delete the alias.
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