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@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@
 .\"
 .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
 describe aliases files used by the message transport system.
+.PP
 Each line of the alias file has the format:
 .PP
 .RS 5
@@ -65,7 +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
@@ -98,7 +95,8 @@ UNIX\-group named after the `+'.  Each login name occurring in the
 file whose group\-id is indicated by this group is
 added to the
 .I address\-list
-for the alias.
+for the alias. I.e. only those users that have this group as their
+initial login group are added.
 .PP
 In match, a trailing `*' on an alias will match just about anything
 appropriate.  (See example below.)
@@ -124,7 +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
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ the file
 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'.
+`fear', and `freida'.
 .PP
 The alias `b-people' is a blind list which includes the addresses
 `bill' and `betty'; the message will be delieved to those
@@ -177,9 +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
@@ -191,7 +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
@@ -205,8 +203,6 @@ and add the line:
 .RS 5
 .nf
 Aliasfile: aliases
-.\" ali: \-alias aliases
-.\" send: \-alias aliases
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP