X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmh-alias.man5;h=1d0508f8ec5b34dbc8a250704d10373da0540042;hp=7d681c34114b71ceea94eabf61974334fcb47c2f;hb=18591f8e001ecedbee48a51c1d1f08ebaa1c15c8;hpb=c47d5a37f1677dd296a8b7d9bca6ed53f1a95af6 diff --git a/man/mh-alias.man5 b/man/mh-alias.man5 index 7d681c3..1d0508f 100644 --- a/man/mh-alias.man5 +++ b/man/mh-alias.man5 @@ -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 @@ -179,9 +175,9 @@ Finally, all aliases of the form `news.' 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