X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmh-alias.man;h=c8368bebb1cb007c444c12b81cd8420ab34f33e8;hb=2676fdf95667cfa0fec45372dbb956c8645c1119;hp=8eb7939f2cd8a391ef5fd05abf5709255bd28d4c;hpb=1b5a1bd2244d3e1c12b7c9e1f48e445de5ad2ea2;p=mmh diff --git a/man/mh-alias.man b/man/mh-alias.man index 8eb7939..c8368be 100644 --- a/man/mh-alias.man +++ b/man/mh-alias.man @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ .\" .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" $Id$ .\" .TH MH-ALIAS %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] .SH NAME @@ -10,17 +9,9 @@ any .B nmh command .SH DESCRIPTION -This describes both +This describes .B nmh -personal alias files and -the global alias file for -.B nmh -mail delivery, the file -.PP -.RS 5 -%etcdir%/MailAliases -.RE -.PP +personal alias files. It does .B not describe aliases files used by the message transport system. @@ -141,10 +132,9 @@ the address list if it is not already on the list. The alias itself is not usually output, rather the address\-group that the alias maps to is output instead. If \*(lqalias\*(rq is terminated with a `;' instead of a `:', then both the \*(lqalias\*(rq and the address are output in the -correct format. (This makes replies possible since +correct format. (This makes replies possible since personal .B nmh -aliases -and personal aliases are unknown to the mail transport system.) +aliases are unknown to the mail transport system.) .RE .PP Since the alias file is read line by line, forward references work, but @@ -154,7 +144,7 @@ Example Alias File: .PP .RS 5 .nf -<%etcdir%/BBoardAliases +<%etcdir%/MoreAliases sgroup: fred, fear, freida b-people: Blind List: bill, betty; fred: frated@UCI @@ -168,7 +158,7 @@ news.*: news .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, @@ -183,7 +173,7 @@ Next, the definition of \*(lqUNIX\-committee\*(rq is given by reading the file .I unix.aliases in the users -.B nmh +.B mmh directory, \*(lqstaff\*(rq is defined as all users who are listed as members of the group \*(lqstaff\*(rq in the @@ -202,8 +192,8 @@ greater than 200, and all aliases of the form 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 @@ -220,7 +210,7 @@ quickly, do the following: .RS 2 .IP 1) 3 In your -.IR \&.mh\(ruprofile , +.IR .mmh/profile , choose a name for your alias file, say .RI \*(lq aliases \*(rq, and add the line: @@ -230,7 +220,6 @@ and add the line: Aliasfile: aliases .\" ali: \-alias aliases .\" send: \-alias aliases -.\" whom: \-alias aliases .fi .RE .PP @@ -238,7 +227,7 @@ Aliasfile: aliases Create the file .RI \*(lq aliases \*(rq in your -.B nmh +.B mmh directory. .PP .IP 3) 3 @@ -248,11 +237,7 @@ file as appropriate. .RE .SH FILES -.fc ^ ~ -.nf -.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u -^%etcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file -.fi +None .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS" .fc ^ ~ @@ -263,7 +248,7 @@ file as appropriate. .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 None