-.TH ALI %manext1% "January 1, 2001" "%nmhversion%"
-.\"
+.TH ALI %manext1% 2013-12-05 "%nmhversion%"
+.
.\" %nmhwarning%
-.\"
+.
.SH NAME
-ali \- list mail aliases
+ali \- list nmh mail aliases
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B ali
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-alias
.IR aliasfile ]
.RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]
-.RB [ \-normalize " | " \-nonormalize ]
.RB [ \-user " | " \-nouser ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
.RI [ aliases " ...]"
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Ali
+.B ali
searches the named mail alias files for each of the given
.IR aliases .
It creates a list of addresses for those
.B ali
outputs all alias entries.
.PP
-By default, when an aliases expands to multiple addresses, the addresses
+By default, when an alias expands to multiple addresses, the addresses
are separated by commas and printed on as few lines as possible. If the
.B \-list
-option is specified, then when an address expands to multiple
+switch is specified, and an address expands to multiple
addresses, each address will appear on a separate line.
.PP
-The switch
+The
.B \-user
-directs
+switch directs
.B ali
to perform its processing in
an inverted fashion: instead of listing the addresses that each given
alias expands to,
.B ali
will list the aliases that expand to each
-given address. If the
-.B \-normalize
-switch is given,
-.B ali
-will
-try to track down the official hostname of the address.
+given address.
.PP
The files specified by the profile entry
.RI \*(lq Aliasfile \*(rq
is processed as described in
.IR mh\-alias (5).
.SH FILES
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
-^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
-^/etc/passwd~^List of users
-^/etc/group~^List of groups
-.fi
+Alias files are looked up in multiple locations: if the pathname is
+absolute or starts with
+.RI \*(lq . \*(rq
+or
+.RI \*(lq .. \*(rq
+it is accessed directly; otherwise tilde expansion is done on
+usernames, then files are searched for in the user's
+.I Mail
+directory as specified in their profile. If not found there, the directory
+.RI \*(lq %nmhetcdir% \*(rq
+is checked.
+.PP
+.TP 20
+$HOME/.mh_profile
+The user's profile.
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta 2.4i
-.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
-^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
-^Aliasfile:~^For a default alias file
-.fi
+.PP
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+Path:
+To determine the user's nmh directory
+.TP
+Aliasfile:
+For a default alias file
+.PD
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR mh\-alias (5)
.SH DEFAULTS
-.nf
-.RB ` aliasfiles "' defaults to %etcdir%/MailAliases"
-.RB ` \-nolist '
-.RB ` \-nonormalize '
-.RB ` \-nouser '
-.fi
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+aliasfile
+%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases
+.TP
+\-nolist
+.TP
+\-nouser
+.PD
.SH CONTEXT
None
-.SH BUGS
-The
-.B \-user
-option with
-.B \-nonormalize
-is not entirely accurate, as it
-does not replace local nicknames for hosts with their official site names.