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@@ -3,14 +3,10 @@
 .\"
 .TH MH-ALIAS %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
-mh-alias \- alias file for nmh message system
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-any
-.B nmh
-command
+mh-alias \- alias file for mh message system
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 This describes
-.B nmh
+.B mh
 personal alias files.
 It does
 .B not
@@ -66,7 +62,7 @@ are UNIX file names.
 is a group name (or number) from
 .IR /etc/group .
 An address is a `simple'
-Internet\-style address.  Througout this file, case is ignored, except
+Internet\-style address.  Throughout this file, case is ignored, except
 for file names.
 .PP
 If the line starts with a `<', then the file named after the `<' is
@@ -126,7 +122,7 @@ not usually output, rather the address\-group that the alias maps to is
 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
+.B mh
 aliases are unknown to the mail transport system.)
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -139,7 +135,7 @@ Example Alias File:
 .nf
 <%etcdir%/MoreAliases
 sgroup: fred, fear, freida
-b-people: Blind List: bill, betty;
+b-people: Blind List: bill, betty
 fred: frated@UCI
 UNIX\-committee: <unix.aliases
 staff: =staff
@@ -179,9 +175,9 @@ Finally, all aliases of the form
 `news.<anything>' are defined to be `news'.
 .PP
 The key thing to understand about aliasing in
-.B nmh
+.B mh
 is that aliases in
-.B nmh
+.B mh
 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
@@ -193,7 +189,7 @@ expanded into the headers of messages delivered.
 
 .SH "HELPFUL HINTS"
 To use aliasing in
-.B nmh
+.B mmh
 quickly, do the following:
 .PP
 .RS 2
@@ -222,6 +218,13 @@ Start adding aliases to your
 .RI ` aliases '
 file as appropriate.
 .RE
+.PP
+Earlier versions of this man page showed a semicolon at the end of the
+blind list example.  That caused the preceding alias to not be
+expanded.  There must not be a semicolon at the end of, or within, the
+address group of a blind list.
+.B post
+will append the semicolon to the blind list name.
 
 .SH FILES
 None
@@ -253,5 +256,3 @@ 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
 all the fds are used up.
-.PP
-Forward references do not work correctly inside blind lists.