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1.1     ! root        1: '\"macro stdmacro
        !             2: .if n .pH g1.mailalias %W% of %G%
        !             3: .nr X
        !             4: .if \nX=0 .ds x} mailalias 1 "" "\&"
        !             5: .if \nX=1 .ds x} mailalias 1 ""
        !             6: .if \nX=2 .ds x} mailalias 1 "" "\&"
        !             7: .if \nX=3 .ds x} mailalias "" "" "\&"
        !             8: .TH \*(x}
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: \f4mailalias\f1 \- translate mail alias names
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: \f4mailalias\f1 [ \f4\-s\f1 ] [ \f4\-v\f1 ]
        !            13: .I name
        !            14: \&...
        !            15: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            16: \f4mailalias\fP
        !            17: is called by
        !            18: \f4mail\fP.
        !            19: It places on the standard output a list of mail addresses corresponding to
        !            20: .IR name .
        !            21: The mail addresses are found by performing the following steps:
        !            22: .TP 4
        !            23: 1.
        !            24: Look for the file \f4/var/mail/\f2name\f1.
        !            25: If found, print
        !            26: .I name
        !            27: and exit.
        !            28: .TP 4
        !            29: 2.
        !            30: Look for a match in the user's local alias file
        !            31: \f4$HOME/lib/names\f1.
        !            32: If a line is found beginning with the word
        !            33: .IR name ,
        !            34: print the rest of the line on standard output and exit.
        !            35: .TP 4
        !            36: 3.
        !            37: Look for a match in the system-wide alias files,
        !            38: which are listed in the master path file
        !            39: \f4/etc/mail/namefiles\f1.
        !            40: If a line is found beginning with the word
        !            41: .IR name ,
        !            42: print the rest of the line on standard output and exit.
        !            43: .P
        !            44: If an alias file is a directory name \f2dir\fP, then search the file
        !            45: \f2dir\fP/\f2name\fP.
        !            46: By default, the file \f4/etc/mail/namefiles\fP lists 
        !            47: the directory \f4/etc/mail/lists\fP
        !            48: and 
        !            49: the file \f4/etc/mail/names\f1.
        !            50: .TP 4
        !            51: 4.
        !            52: Otherwise print
        !            53: .I name
        !            54: and exit.
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: The alias files may contain comments (lines beginning with
        !            57: \f4#\f1)
        !            58: and information lines of the form:
        !            59: .IP
        !            60: .I "name\0list-of-addresses"
        !            61: .PP
        !            62: Tokens on these lines are separated by white-space.
        !            63: Lines may be continued by placing a backslash (\e) at the end of the line.
        !            64: .PP
        !            65: If the
        !            66: \f4-s\f1
        !            67: option is not specified and more than one name is being translated, each line
        !            68: of output will be prefixed with the name being translated.
        !            69: .PP
        !            70: The
        !            71: \f4-v\f1
        !            72: option causes debugging information to be written to standard output.
        !            73: .SH FILES
        !            74: .PD 0
        !            75: .TP 30n
        !            76: \f4$HOME/lib/names\f1
        !            77: private aliases
        !            78: .TP
        !            79: \f4/etc/mail/namefiles\f1
        !            80: list of files to search
        !            81: .TP
        !            82: \f4/etc/mail/names\f1
        !            83: standard file to search
        !            84: .PD
        !            85: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            86: \f4uucp\fP(1), 
        !            87: \f4mail\fP(1).
        !            88: .br
        !            89: \f4smtp\fP(1M),
        !            90: \f4smtpd\fP(1M),
        !            91: \f4smtpqer\fP(1M),
        !            92: \f4smtpsched\fP(1M),
        !            93: \f4tosmtp\fP(1M) in the \f2System Administrator's Reference Manual\f1.

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