X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmh-alias.man5;h=e05358a18a08320507783e653dad518c70945e83;hb=6ce9606eeec3c7050ad8fe6182d64bd1694bb422;hp=90cb9bae56638f85ee008e7e9b71b82a7c83fee6;hpb=4d83cd450b889b65ffab1c352d6580bd5632aae1;p=mmh diff --git a/man/mh-alias.man5 b/man/mh-alias.man5 index 90cb9ba..e05358a 100644 --- a/man/mh-alias.man5 +++ b/man/mh-alias.man5 @@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ .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 .SH DESCRIPTION This describes .B nmh @@ -15,6 +11,7 @@ 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 @@ -98,7 +95,8 @@ UNIX\-group named after the `+'. Each login name occurring in the 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.) @@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ the file 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