NAME

       ali - list mail aliases

SYNOPSIS

       ali [-alias aliasfile] [-list | -nolist] [-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.

       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

       Alias  files are looked up in multiple locations: if the pathname is absolute or starts with “.”  or “..”
       then it's accessed directly; otherwise tilde expansion is done on usernames, then files are searched  for
       in the user's Mail directory as specified in their profile.  If not found there, the directory “/etc/nmh”
       is checked.

       $HOME/.mh_profile   The user's profile.

PROFILE COMPONENTS

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

SEE ALSO

       mh-alias(5)

DEFAULTS

       aliasfile           /etc/nmh/MailAliases
       -nolist
       -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.

nmh-1.6                                         December 4, 2013                                        ALI(1mh)