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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a482beea50..753c3998e5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -12654,19 +12654,26 @@ remote servers. Run @command{man smtpd.conf} for more information. @subsubheading Exim Service +@cindex mail transfer agent (MTA) +@cindex MTA (mail transfer agent) +@cindex SMTP + @deffn {Scheme Variable} exim-service-type -This is the type of the @uref{https://exim.org, Exim} service, whose value -should be an @code{exim-configuration} object as in this example: +This is the type of the @uref{https://exim.org, Exim} mail transfer +agent (MTA), whose value should be an @code{exim-configuration} object +as in this example: @example (service exim-service-type (exim-configuration - (config-file (local-file "./my-exim.conf")) - (aliases '(("postmaster" "bob") - ("bob" "bob@@example.com" "bob@@example2.com"))))) + (config-file (local-file "./my-exim.conf")))) @end example @end deffn +In order to use an @code{exim-service-type} service you must also have a +@code{mail-aliases-service-type} service present in your +@code{operating-system} (even if it has no aliases). + @deftp {Data Type} exim-configuration Data type representing the configuration of exim. @@ -12681,16 +12688,37 @@ provided in @code{package}. The resulting configuration file is loaded after setting the @code{exim_user} and @code{exim_group} configuration variables. -@item @code{aliases} (default: @code{'()}) -List of aliases to use when delivering mail on this system. The -@code{car} of each list is used to match incoming mail, with the -@code{cdr} of each list designating how to deliver it. There may be many -delivery methods provided, in which case the mail is delivered to them -all. - @end table @end deftp +@subsubheading Mail Aliases Service + +@cindex email aliases +@cindex aliases, for email addresses + +@deffn {Scheme Variable} mail-aliases-service-type +This is the type of the service which provides @code{/etc/aliases}, +specifying how to deliver mail to users on this system. + +@example +(service mail-aliases-service-type + '(("postmaster" "bob") + ("bob" "bob@@example.com" "bob@@example2.com"))) +@end example +@end deffn + +The configuration for a @code{mail-aliases-service-type} service is an +association list denoting how to deliver mail that comes to this +system. Each entry is of the form @code{(alias addresses ...)}, with +@code{alias} specifying the local alias and @code{addresses} specifying +where to deliver this user's mail. + +The aliases aren't required to exist as users on the local system. In +the above example, there doesn't need to be a @code{postmaster} entry in +the @code{operating-system}'s @code{user-accounts} in order to deliver +the @code{postmaster} mail to @code{bob} (which subsequently would +deliver mail to @code{bob@@example.com} and @code{bob@@example2.com}). + @node Messaging Services @subsubsection Messaging Services |