.RS 5
.nf
<%nmhetcdir%/BBoardAliases
-fred: frated@UCI.example
sgroup: fred, fear, freida
+fred: frated@UCI.example
b-people: Blind List: bill, betty
UNIX\-committee: <unix.aliases
staff: =staff
The first line says that more aliases should immediately be read from
the file
.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,
-\*(rqfear\*(rq, and \*(rqfreida\*(rq.
+Next, \*(lqsgroup\*(rq is defined as an alias for three names,
+and one of them, \*(lqfred\*(rq,
+is a forward reference to another alias for \*(lqfrated@UCI.example\*(rq.
.PP
The alias \*(lqb-people\*(rq is a blind list which includes the addresses
\*(lqbill\*(rq and \*(lqbetty\*(rq; the message will be delivered to those
.B sendmail/pipe
mail transport method.
.PP
-Next, the definition of \*(lqUNIX\-committee\*(rq is given by
+The definition of \*(lqUNIX\-committee\*(rq is given by
reading the file
.I unix.aliases
in the user's
.B nmh
-directory,
+directory.
+.PP
\*(lqstaff\*(rq is defined as all users who are listed as members of the
group \*(lqstaff\*(rq in the
system's group database, and \*(lqwheels\*(rq
is defined as all users whose group\-id in
the system's password database
is equivalent to the \*(lqwheel\*(rq group.
+.PP
+Lastly,
+.RI \*(lqnews. anything \*(rq
+is aliased to \*(lqnews\*(rq;
+the full stop is just another literal character.
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.TP 20
Aliasfile: