.I address\-list
for the alias.
.PP
-If the
-.I address\-group
-is simply `*', then the file
-.I /etc/passwd
-is consulted and all login names with a userid
-greater than some magic number (usually 200) are added to the
-.I address\-list
-for the alias.
-.PP
In match, a trailing \*(lq*\*(rq on an alias will match just about anything
appropriate. (See example below.)
.PP
UNIX\-committee: <unix.aliases
staff: =staff
wheels: +wheel
-everyone: *
news.*: news
.fi
.RE
.I /etc/passwd
is equivalent to the \*(lqwheel\*(rq group.
.PP
-Finally, \*(lqeveryone\*(rq is defined as all users with a user\-id
-in
-.I /etc/passwd
-greater than 200, and all aliases of the form
+Finally, all aliases of the form
\*(lqnews.<anything>\*(rq are defined to be \*(lqnews\*(rq.
.PP
The key thing to understand about aliasing in
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-ali(1), send(1), group(5), passwd(5), conflict(8), post(8)
+ali(1), send(1), group(5), passwd(5), post(8)
.SH CONTEXT
None
+.SH HISTORY
+An address group named `*', meaning everyone on the system, had been
+supported in nmh. It is not anymore in mmh.
+
.SH BUGS
Although the forward-referencing semantics of
.B mh\-alias