* Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> [03-08-13 15:50]: > On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 05:05:12PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: [...] > > > > alias <key-name> <address or previously-defined-alias> \| > > ,<address or previously-defined-alias> \| > > ,<address or previously-defined-alias> \| > > ,<address or previously-defined-alias> \| > > ,<address or previously-defined-alias> \| > > ... > > > So the manual *is* wrong in the Usage: bit. I don't know, what I do I learned from the "manual" :^) > > ** I have never used the "-group" param but do have "group aliases" that > > work correctly. > > > > > Anyway I don't really understand what is meant by "create an alias for > > > more than one address" - does it really mean "an alias which will > > > allow sending mail to more than one address when the alias is used"? > > > > alias joe Joe Somebody j...@example.com > > alias jim Jim Somebody j...@example.com > > alias ron Ron Somebody r...@example.net > > > > alias family joe jim ron > > > Yes, and where are the commas it refers to? That was my point. I don't believe commas are necessary unless you assign more than one address rather than several aliases to a single alias. Remember that an alias is a "reference" to an address. That is also probably the difference to "-group". Commas may be required by "-group" and optional otherwise... ?? But it would be simple to test. [...] > > unalias * > > removes all aliases > > unalias family * > > removes the alias "family > > unalias jim > > removes the alias "jim" > > > Yes, OK, I (sort of) know that, but the manual is simply misleading > isn't it?
Perhaps not perfectly clear but everyone does not read the same meaning into written words. Few written texts are perfectly clear... -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net
