Removed the global alias file

[mmh] / man / mh-alias.man

diff --git a/man/mh-alias.man b/man/mh-alias.man
index aa3c3f1..35ff88f 100644 (file)
--- 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,
@@ -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
@@ -230,7 +220,6 @@ and add the line:
 Aliasfile: aliases
 .\" ali: \-alias aliases
 .\" send: \-alias aliases
-.\" whom: \-alias aliases
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -248,11 +237,7 @@ file as appropriate.
 .RE
 
 .SH FILES
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/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