5 .TH ALI %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
7 ali \- list mail aliases
12 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]
13 .RB [ \-normalize " | " \-nonormalize ]
14 .RB [ \-user " | " \-nouser ]
20 searches the named mail alias files for each of the given
22 It creates a list of addresses for those
24 and writes that list on standard output. If no arguments are given,
26 outputs all alias entries.
28 By default, when an aliases expands to multiple addresses, the addresses
29 are separated by commas and printed on as few lines as possible. If the
31 option is specified, then when an address expands to multiple
32 addresses, each address will appear on a separate line.
38 to perform its processing in
39 an inverted fashion: instead of listing the addresses that each given
42 will list the aliases that expand to each
48 try to track down the official hostname of the address.
50 The files specified by the profile entry \*(lqAliasfile:\*(rq and any
51 additional alias files given by the
54 switch will be read. Each
56 is processed as described in
62 .ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName 'u
63 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
64 ^/etc/passwd~^List of users
65 ^/etc/group~^List of groups
67 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
71 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
72 ^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
73 ^Aliasfile:~^For a default alias file
80 .RB ` \-alias " %etcdir%/MailAliases'"
93 is not entirely accurate, as it
94 does not replace local nicknames for hosts with their official site names.