Variable: mail-alias-file

mail-alias-file is a customizable variable defined in sendmail.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, the name of a file to use instead of the sendmail default.

This file defines aliases to be expanded by the mailer; this is a different feature from that of defining aliases in .mailrc to be expanded in Emacs. This variable has no effect unless your system uses sendmail as its mailer. The default file is defined in sendmail's configuration file, e.g.
/etc/aliases.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/mail/sendmail.el.gz
(defcustom mail-alias-file nil
  "If non-nil, the name of a file to use instead of the sendmail default.
This file defines aliases to be expanded by the mailer; this is a different
feature from that of defining aliases in `.mailrc' to be expanded in Emacs.
This variable has no effect unless your system uses sendmail as its mailer.
The default file is defined in sendmail's configuration file, e.g.
`/etc/aliases'."
  :type '(choice (const :tag "Sendmail default" nil) file))