On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Andy Sinesio wrote:

> Now, this error appears if i just type 'sendmail' (pine gives a similar 
> error):
> 
> hash map "Alias0": unsafe map file /etc/aliases No such file or directory

The "newaliases" command should create /etc/aliases.db. This is what
sendmail actually needs. In theory, you should first edit or review
/etc/aliases. Since most of the special addresses are already aliased
to root, I just alias root to me and then never worry about it again.