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        !             3: aliases               Technical Information               aliases
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        !             8: File of users' aliases
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        !            10: /uussrr/lliibb/mmaaiill/aalliiaasseess
        !            11: $HHOOMMEE/.aalliiaasseess
        !            12: $HHOOMMEE/.ffoorrwwaarrdd
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        !            14: aalliiaasseess  is a  file that  holds  aliases by  which users  on your
        !            15: system  and other  systems are known.   An ``alias'',  in effect,
        !            16: gives another name  by which you can address a  mail message to a
        !            17: user  on  either your  or  another  system.  It  can  serve as  a
        !            18: mnemomic,  a ``mailing  list'', or  to spare  you the  trouble of
        !            19: typing a complicated UUCP path name.
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        !            21: The format of each alias is
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        !            24:         alias_name:     target
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        !            27: where _a_l_i_a_s__n_a_m_e gives the  alias to which you mail your message,
        !            28: and _t_a_r_g_e_t is the place where ssmmaaiill actually directs the message.
        !            29: _t_a_r_g_e_t can  be a  login identifier on  your local system;  a mail
        !            30: address of  a user on  another system, or  a cluster of  users on
        !            31: your system, on remote systems, or both.
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        !            33: ssmmaaiill ignores differences in case when it compares a name with an
        !            34: alias.  Lines  that start  with a white-space  character continue
        !            35: from   the   previous  line.    ssmmaaiill   ignores  strings   within
        !            36: parentheses, as well as any  text that appears after a pound sign
        !            37: `#'.
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        !            39: Prior to delivering  local mail, ssmmaaiill checks file $HHOOMMEE/.ffoorrwwaarrdd
        !            40: for forwarding instructions.  This feature can be used to forward
        !            41: inbound mail  for a user  to another machine  or even a  group of
        !            42: machines.
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        !            44: ***** Examples *****
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        !            46: The following gives an example form of aalliiaasseess:
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        !            49: # this whole line is a comment
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        !            53: # "mail programmers" sends mail to local users joe, jack, and bill
        !            54: programmers:   joe jack bill
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        !            64: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 1
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        !            69: aliases               Technical Information               aliases
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        !            73: # same as above
        !            74: programmers:   joe jack
        !            75:                bill
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        !            79: # same as above
        !            80: programmers    joe jack
        !            81:                bill
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        !            85: # same as above
        !            86: programmers    joe   # Joe Smith
        !            87:                jack  # Jack Thomas
        !            88:                bill  # Bill Williams
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        !            92: # and yet another way; note use of parentheses to comment text
        !            93: programmers    joe (Joe Smith) jack (Jack Thomas)
        !            94:                bill (Bill Williams)
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        !            98: # send a message to someone on another system
        !            99: joe:           boston!widget!js
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        !           103: # send a message to users on both your and another system
        !           104: programmers:   boston!widget!js   # Joe Smith
        !           105:                chicago!gadget!jt  # Jack Thomas
        !           106:                bill               # Bill Williams
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        !           110: # all members of "programmers" group work at site "widget"
        !           111: programmers!widget  joe jack bill
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        !           114: Mailing lists are easily  handled by two forms of file inclusion.
        !           115: The first form is the same as is supported by sseennddmmaaiill:
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        !           118: fredlist       :include:/usr/lib/mail/fredlist
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        !           121: ssmmaaiill adds each  entry in /uussrr/lliibb/mmaaiill/ffrreeddlliisstt to the alias for
        !           122: ffrreeddlliisstt.
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        !           124: The  second form  allows /uussrr/lliibb/mmaaiill/aalliiaasseess  to  include other
        !           125: aliases files:
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        !           130: COHERENT Lexicon                                           Page 2
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        !           135: aliases               Technical Information               aliases
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        !           140: :include:/usr/lib/mail/morealiases
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        !           143: This adds  the contents of /uussrr/lliibb/mmaaiill/mmoorreeaalliiaasseess  to those of
        !           144: /uussrr/lliibb/mmaaiill/aalliiaasseess as a regular alias file.
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        !           146: All aliases  are recursive, so you must  be careful when defining
        !           147: them.  For example, the entries
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        !           150: bill:     joe
        !           151: joe:      bill
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        !           154: causes  an infinite  loop.   ssmmaaiill attempts  to prevent  infinite
        !           155: loops,  and to  guess  what you  intended to  do.  The  following
        !           156: example illustrates how an alias can be used to deliver mail to a
        !           157: remote user  as well as to  a local user having  the same name as
        !           158: the alias being expanded.  ssmmaaiill expands the alias
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        !           161: mylogin:       mypc!mylogin  mylogin
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        !           164: to
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        !           167: mypc!mylogin mylogin
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        !           170: even though  the second occurrence  of mmyyllooggiinn matches  the alias
        !           171: name.
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        !           173: Both forms of file inclusion  are recursive, too, and may lead to
        !           174: infinite loops if handled carelessly.
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        !           176: ***** See Also *****
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        !           178: mmaaiill, tteecchhnniiccaall iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn
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