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.TH MH-ALIAS %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
.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.
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
.PP
.RS 5
.nf
-<%etcdir%/BBoardAliases
+<%etcdir%/MoreAliases
sgroup: fred, fear, freida
b-people: Blind List: bill, betty;
fred: frated@UCI
.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,
reading the file
.I unix.aliases
in the users
-.B nmh
+.B mmh
directory,
\*(lqstaff\*(rq is defined as all users who are listed as members of the
group \*(lqstaff\*(rq in the
.RS 2
.IP 1) 3
In your
-.IR \&.mh\(ruprofile ,
+.IR .mmh/profile ,
choose a name for your alias file, say
.RI \*(lq aliases \*(rq,
and add the line:
Aliasfile: aliases
.\" ali: \-alias aliases
.\" send: \-alias aliases
-.\" whom: \-alias aliases
.fi
.RE
.PP
Create the file
.RI \*(lq aliases \*(rq
in your
-.B nmh
+.B mmh
directory.
.PP
.IP 3) 3
.RE
.SH FILES
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
-^%etcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
-.fi
+None
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.fc ^ ~
.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