Continuation lines in alias files end with `\\' followed by the newline
character.
.PP
-.RI \*(lq Alias\-file \*(rq
+.RI ` Alias\-file '
and
-.RI \*(lq file \*(rq
+.RI ` file '
are UNIX file names.
.I UNIX\-group
is a group name (or number) from
.IR /etc/group .
-An address is a \*(lqsimple\*(rq
+An address is a `simple'
Internet\-style address. Througout this file, case is ignored, except
for file names.
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.I address\-list
for the alias.
.PP
-In match, a trailing \*(lq*\*(rq on an alias will match just about anything
+In match, a trailing `*' on an alias will match just about anything
appropriate. (See example below.)
.PP
An approximation of the way aliases are resolved at posting time is
the message that have no host specified, perform alias resolution.
.PP
.IP 3) 3
-For each line in the alias file, compare \*(lqalias\*(rq against all of
-the existing addresses. If a match, remove the matched \*(lqalias\*(rq
+For each line in the alias file, compare `alias' against all of
+the existing addresses. If a match, remove the matched `alias'
from the address list, and add each new address in the address\-group to
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
+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
aliases are unknown to the mail transport system.)
The first line says that more aliases should immediately be read from
the file
.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,
-\*(rqfear\*(rq, and \*(rqfreida\*(rq.
+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'.
.PP
-The alias \*(lqb-people\*(rq is a blind list which includes the addresses
-\*(lqbill\*(rq and \*(lqbetty\*(rq; the message will be delieved to those
-addresses, but the message header will show only \*(lqBlind List: ;\*(rq
+The alias `b-people' is a blind list which includes the addresses
+`bill' and `betty'; the message will be delieved to those
+addresses, but the message header will show only `Blind List: ;'
(not the addresses).
.PP
-Next, the definition of \*(lqUNIX\-committee\*(rq is given by
+Next, the definition of `UNIX\-committee' is given by
reading the file
.I unix.aliases
in the users
.B mmh
directory,
-\*(lqstaff\*(rq is defined as all users who are listed as members of the
-group \*(lqstaff\*(rq in the
+`staff' is defined as all users who are listed as members of the
+group `staff' in the
.I /etc/group
-file, and \*(lqwheels\*(rq
+file, and `wheels'
is defined as all users whose group\-id in
.I /etc/passwd
-is equivalent to the \*(lqwheel\*(rq group.
+is equivalent to the `wheel' group.
.PP
Finally, all aliases of the form
-\*(lqnews.<anything>\*(rq are defined to be \*(lqnews\*(rq.
+`news.<anything>' are defined to be `news'.
.PP
The key thing to understand about aliasing in
.B nmh
In your
.IR .mmh/profile ,
choose a name for your alias file, say
-.RI \*(lq aliases \*(rq,
+.RI ` aliases ',
and add the line:
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.RS 5
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.IP 2) 3
Create the file
-.RI \*(lq aliases \*(rq
+.RI ` aliases '
in your
.B mmh
directory.
.PP
.IP 3) 3
Start adding aliases to your
-.RI \*(lq aliases \*(rq
+.RI ` aliases '
file as appropriate.
.RE
Although the forward-referencing semantics of
.B mh\-alias
files prevent recursion, the
-.RI \*(lq< " alias\-file" \*(rq
+.RI `< " alias\-file" '
command may defeat this.
Since the number of file descriptors is finite (and very limited), such
infinite recursion will terminate with a meaningless diagnostic when
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