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