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.TH MH-ALIAS %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
.PP
.RS 5
.nf
-<%etcdir%/BBoardAliases
+<%etcdir%/MoreAliases
sgroup: fred, fear, freida
b-people: Blind List: bill, betty;
fred: frated@UCI
.PP
The first line says that more aliases should immediately be read from
the file
-.IR %etcdir%/BBoardAliases .
+.IR %etcdir%/MoreAliases .
Following this, \*(lqfred\*(rq
is defined as an alias for \*(lqfrated@UCI\*(rq, and \*(lqsgroup\*(rq
is defined as an alias for the three names \*(lqfrated@UCI\*(rq,
The key thing to understand about aliasing in
.B nmh
is that aliases in
-/B nmh
-lias files are expanded into the headers of messages posted.
+.B nmh
+alias files are expanded into the headers of messages posted.
This aliasing occurs first, at posting time, without the knowledge of the
message transport system. In contrast, once the message transport system
is given a message to deliver to a list of addresses, for each address
Aliasfile: aliases
.\" ali: \-alias aliases
.\" send: \-alias aliases
-.\" whom: \-alias aliases
.fi
.RE
.PP
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
-.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName 'u
+.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
^%etcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
.fi
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-ali(1), send(1), whom(1), group(5), passwd(5), conflict(8), post(8)
+ali(1), send(1), group(5), passwd(5), conflict(8), post(8)
.SH CONTEXT
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