Alias: Removed the address group `*', which meant everyone on the system.

[mmh] / man / mh-alias.man5

diff --git a/man/mh-alias.man5 b/man/mh-alias.man5
index c8368be..597b155 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-alias.man5
+++ b/man/mh-alias.man5
@@ -100,15 +100,6 @@ added to the
 .I address\-list
 for the alias.
 .PP
-If the
-.I address\-group
-is simply `*', then the file
-.I /etc/passwd
-is consulted and all login names with a userid
-greater than some magic number (usually 200) are added to the
-.I address\-list
-for the alias.
-.PP
 In match, a trailing \*(lq*\*(rq on an alias will match just about anything
 appropriate.  (See example below.)
 .PP
@@ -151,7 +142,6 @@ fred: frated@UCI
 UNIX\-committee: <unix.aliases
 staff: =staff
 wheels: +wheel
-everyone: *
 news.*: news
 .fi
 .RE
@@ -183,10 +173,7 @@ is defined as all users whose group\-id in
 .I /etc/passwd
 is equivalent to the \*(lqwheel\*(rq group.
 .PP
-Finally, \*(lqeveryone\*(rq is defined as all users with a user\-id
-in
-.I /etc/passwd
-greater than 200, and all aliases of the form
+Finally, all aliases of the form
 \*(lqnews.<anything>\*(rq are defined to be \*(lqnews\*(rq.
 .PP
 The key thing to understand about aliasing in
@@ -253,6 +240,10 @@ ali(1), send(1), group(5), passwd(5), conflict(8), post(8)
 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 
+.SH HISTORY
+An address group named `*', meaning everyone on the system, had been
+supported in nmh. It is not anymore in mmh.
+
 .SH BUGS
 Although the forward-referencing semantics of
 .B mh\-alias