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From: hack@merkin.cactus.org (Greg Hackney)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Elm 2.1 User aliases
Message-ID: <522@merkin.cactus.org>
Date: 6 Dec 88 23:58:16 GMT
References: <5@subch.UUCP>
Reply-To: hack@merkin.cactus.org (Greg Hackney)
Organization: Grand Prairie, Texas
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In article <5@subch.UUCP> maxim@subch.UUCP (Maxim Samo) writes:
>Hello Elm Users,
>
>Not long ago I installed the new elm 2.1 and it works fine with one exception:
>The  user  defined  aliases won't work.  Even though an aliases.text  file  is
>generated  by  elm  they won't get expanded nor will the mail be sent  to  the
>right address, when I mail to an alias.
>Anybody has or had the same trouble and found a solution?

Alias files are slightly different now:

1. The text file is now in .elm/aliases.text instead of .alias_text.

2. The field delimiter's are '=' instead of ':'.

3. After editing the text file, you have to convert it into database
   format by running the *new* version of the "newalias" command.

Here's an example:

mary = Mary Smith = system1!ms
kim  = Kim Harvey = system1!system2!kh
bob  = Bob Jones  = bj
sysop= Yours truly= root
gals = The girls  = mary, kim
guys = The boys   = bob, sysop
all  = All of us  = guys, gals
--
Greg