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1.1     ! root        1: .ip \fBalternates\fP
        !             2: If you have accounts on several machines, you may find it convenient
        !             3: to use the /usr/lib/aliases on all the machines except one to direct
        !             4: your mail to a single account.
        !             5: The
        !             6: .b alternates
        !             7: command is used to inform
        !             8: .i Mail
        !             9: that each of these other addresses is really
        !            10: .i you .
        !            11: .i Alternates
        !            12: takes a list of user names and remembers that they are all actually you.
        !            13: When you
        !            14: .b reply
        !            15: to messages that were sent to one of these alternate names,
        !            16: .i Mail
        !            17: will not bother to send a copy of the message to this other address (which
        !            18: would simply be directed back to you by the alias mechanism).
        !            19: If
        !            20: .i alternates
        !            21: is given no argument, it lists the current set of alternate names.
        !            22: .b Alternates
        !            23: is usually used in the .mailrc file.

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