; everyone: *
-; Blank lines and lines beginning with a ; are ignored.
+; Blank lines and lines beginning with a ;, :, or # are ignored.
; < file -> read more aliases from "file"
; foo: fum -> simple replacement
; foo: fum, fie -> list replacement
; using a ';' instead of a ':' indicates that the alias should be displayed
; along with the addresses used (normally, the addresses replace the alias
; completely)
+;
+; A backslash at the end of a line escapes the following newline, even
+; in comment lines. Thus, comments endinf with a \ will be continued even
+# without a leading ;, :, or # on the followling line.