NAME

       ali - list mail aliases

SYNOPSIS

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

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 no arguments are given, ali  outputs  all
       alias entries.

       By  default,  when  an  aliases  expands to multiple addresses, the addresses are separated by commas and
       printed on as few lines as possible.  If the -list option is specified, then when an address  expands  to
       multiple addresses, each address will appear on a separate line.

       The  switch  -user  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 -normalize switch is given, ali will try to track down the official hostname of the address.

       The  files  specified by the profile entry “Aliasfile” and any additional alias files given by the -alias
       aliasfile switch will be read.  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

       Path:                To determine the user's nmh directory
       Aliasfile:           For a default alias file

SEE ALSO

       mh-alias(5)

DEFAULTS

       `aliasfiles' defaults to /etc/nmh/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.6.8                                            11 June 2012                                          ALI(1mh)