ALI(1)                        [mh.6]                       ALI(1)


NAME
       ali - list mail aliases

SYNOPSIS
       ali   [-alias aliasfile]  [-list]  [-nolist]  [-normalize]
            [-nonormalize] [-user] [-nouser] aliases ...  [-help]

DESCRIPTION
       Ali  searches  the  named mail alias files for each of the
       given aliases.  It creates a list of addresses  for  those
       aliases,  and writes that list on standard output.  If the
       `-list' option is specified, each  address  appears  on  a
       separate  line;  otherwise, the addresses are separated by
       commas and printed on as few lines as possible.

       The `-user' option directs ali to perform  its  processing
       in  an  inverted fashion: instead of listing the addresses
       that each given  alias  expands  to,  ali  will  list  the
       aliases  that expand to each given address.  If the `-nor-
       malize' switch is given, ali will try to  track  down  the
       official hostname of the address.

       Each alias is processed as described in mh-alias (5).

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile                     The user profile
       /etc/passwd                           List of users
       /etc/group                            List of groups

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       None

SEE ALSO
       mh-alias(5)

DEFAULTS
       `-alias /usr/contrib/mh/lib/MailAliases'
       `-nolist'
       `-nonormalize'
       `-nouser'

CONTEXT
       None

BUGS
       The  `-user'  option  with  `-nonormalize' is not entirely
       accurate, as it does not replace local nicknames for hosts
       with their official site names.









MH                        April 22, 1986                        1