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.TH MH-ALIAS %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
-mh-alias \- alias file for nmh message system
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-any
-.B nmh
-command
+mh-alias \- alias file for mh message system
.SH DESCRIPTION
This describes
-.B nmh
+.B mh
personal alias files.
It does
.B not
describe aliases files used by the message transport system.
+.PP
Each line of the alias file has the format:
.PP
.RS 5
is a group name (or number) from
.IR /etc/group .
An address is a `simple'
-Internet\-style address. Througout this file, case is ignored, except
+Internet\-style address. Throughout this file, case is ignored, except
for file names.
.PP
If the line starts with a `<', then the file named after the `<' is
file whose group\-id is indicated by this group is
added to the
.I address\-list
-for the alias.
+for the alias. I.e. only those users that have this group as their
+initial login group are added.
.PP
In match, a trailing `*' on an alias will match just about anything
appropriate. (See example below.)
output instead. If `alias' is terminated with a `;' instead of
a `:', then both the `alias' and the address are output in the
correct format. (This makes replies possible since personal
-.B nmh
+.B mh
aliases are unknown to the mail transport system.)
.RE
.PP
Following this, `fred'
is defined as an alias for `frated@UCI', and `sgroup'
is defined as an alias for the three names `frated@UCI',
-'fear', and 'freida'.
+`fear', and `freida'.
.PP
The alias `b-people' is a blind list which includes the addresses
`bill' and `betty'; the message will be delieved to those
`news.<anything>' are defined to be `news'.
.PP
The key thing to understand about aliasing in
-.B nmh
+.B mh
is that aliases in
-.B nmh
+.B mh
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
.SH "HELPFUL HINTS"
To use aliasing in
-.B nmh
+.B mmh
quickly, do the following:
.PP
.RS 2