-.TH MH-ALIAS %manext5% "Apr 18, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MH-ALIAS %manext5% "November 15, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
.\"
.RI " | < " file
.RI " | = " UNIX\-group
.RI " | + " UNIX\-group
- | *
.IR address\-list " := " address
.RI " | " address\-list ", " address
.I address\-list
for the alias.
.PP
-If the
-.I address\-group
-is simply \*(lq*\*(rq, the system's password database
-is consulted and all login names with a userid
-greater than some magic number (usually 200) are added to the
-.I address\-list
-for the alias.
-.B
-This feature is obsolescent and will be removed in a future release.
-.PP
In match, a trailing \*(lq*\*(rq on an alias will match just about anything
appropriate.
.PP
Build a list of all addresses from the message to be delivered,
eliminating duplicate addresses.
.IP 2)
-If this draft originated on the local host, then for those addresses in
-the message that have no host specified, perform alias resolution.
+For those addresses in the message that have no host specified,
+perform alias resolution.
.IP 3)
For each line in the alias file, compare \*(lqalias\*(rq against all of
the existing addresses. If a match, remove the matched \*(lqalias\*(rq
.PP
.RS 5
.nf
-<%etcdir%/BBoardAliases
+<%nmhetcdir%/BBoardAliases
fred: frated@UCI.example
sgroup: fred, fear, freida
b-people: Blind List: bill, betty
.PP
The first line says that more aliases should immediately be read from
the file
-.BR %etcdir%/BBoardAliases .
+.BR %nmhetcdir%/BBoardAliases .
Following this, \*(lqfred\*(rq
is defined as an alias for \*(lqfrated@UCI.example\*(rq, and \*(lqsgroup\*(rq
is defined as an alias for the three names \*(lqfrated@UCI.example\*(rq,
Default alias file.
.SH FILES
.TP 20
-%etcdir%/MailAliases
+%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases
System-wide default alias file.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR ali (1),