Mail Address Aliases
Using MH you may specify your own private mail aliases. This feature
allows you to store lists of addresses or long Internet addresses of
people with whom you frequently correspond in one file, and then to
address them using short mnemonic names. Typically, you will call your
alias file 'aliases'; it must be stored in your MH directory. The
format of this file is simple. The alias is given, followed by a colon,
followed by one or more legal mail addresses separated by commas. For
example, you might want an alias for all your best friends:
<![CDATA[
friends: mary, biff, bud, jsmith, cnguyen
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In addition to your 'aliases' file, you will need to modify your
'.mh_profile' in order to use
aliases. You should add the line "Aliasfile: aliases" to the file.
Now, messages addressed to "friends" will be distributed to all the
people listed in the alias.
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