2 ; MailAliases -- nmh global aliases file
4 ; This file is used to define aliases that are valid for all mh users.
5 ; This file is almost empty as MH now supports personal aliases.
7 ; If you need to define system wide aliases such as "everyone", it is
8 ; preferable that this be done as the mail transport level, so that they
9 ; will be valid for users of other mail clients.
13 ; Blank lines and lines beginning with a ; are ignored.
14 ; < file -> read more aliases from "file"
15 ; foo: fum -> simple replacement
16 ; foo: fum, fie -> list replacement
17 ; foo: < file -> list replacement from "file"
18 ; foo: = group -> list replacement from UNIX group
19 ; foo: + group -> list replacement by ALL users in /etc/passwd
21 ; foo: * -> list replacement by ALL users in /etc/passwd
23 ; foo*: fum -> matches foo<string> (including the empty string)
25 ; using a ';' instead of a ':' indicates that the alias should be displayed
26 ; along with the addresses used (normally, the addresses replace the alias