diff --git a/type/__mail_alias/gencode-remote b/type/__mail_alias/gencode-remote
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2020 Dennis Camera (dennis.camera@ssrq-sds-fds.ch)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
diff --git a/type/__mail_alias/man.rst b/type/__mail_alias/man.rst
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+cdist-type__mail_alias(7)
+=========================
+
+NAME
+----
+cdist-type__mail_alias - TODO
+
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+This space intentionally left blank.
+
+
+REQUIRED PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None.
+
+
+OPTIONAL PARAMETERS
+-------------------
+None.
+
+
+BOOLEAN PARAMETERS
+------------------
+None.
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+.. code-block:: sh
+
+    # TODO
+    __mail_alias
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+:strong:`TODO`\ (7)
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+Dennis Camera <dennis.camera@ssrq-sds-fds.ch>
+
+
+COPYING
+-------
+Copyright \(C) 2020 Dennis Camera. You can redistribute it
+and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
diff --git a/type/__mail_alias/manifest b/type/__mail_alias/manifest
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# 2020 Dennis Camera (dennis.camera@ssrq-sds-fds.ch)
+#
+# This file is part of cdist.
+#
+# cdist is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# cdist is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+
+os=$(cat "$__global/explorer/os")
+
+case "$os" in
+   *)
+      printf "Your operating system (%s) is currently not supported by this type (%s)\n" "$os" "${__type##*/}" >&2
+      printf "Please contribute an implementation for it if you can.\n" >&2
+      exit 1
+   ;;
+esac