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You can set mail aliases for people you mail to
frequently. Aliases are shortcuts that you define so you don't have
to type a recipient's complete mail address.
elm provides two types of aliases:
- User alias
For private use. Individual users create
and maintain their own user aliases.
To create user aliases, see “Creating Mail Aliases”.
- System alias
For use by all users with the same host.
The system administrator must create and maintain the system aliases.
Understanding Mail Aliases | |
Aliases allow you to send messages to several recipients by specifying
a single name, or to send messages without specifying a complete mail
address.
For example, for Christine Lawson at mail address
christine@market.elm.com you might create the alias chris. To
send a message to Christine, you could enter her alias at the
To: prompt:
elm automatically converts it to the proper address and
full name:
To: christine@market.elm.com (Christine Lawson)
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Here are more example aliases. (These aliases are shown in the format
that elm uses to store them in the
/HomeDirectory/.elm/aliases.text file. This file is
automatically appended to when you create aliases.)
writers = My writing group = john jtl michele ken willa bg
friends = David and Mark = davidm@xyz.com mark@hub.ucsd.edu
tom = Tom Middleton = tmm@eff.org
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Thus, sending a message to writers means that john, jtl,
michele, ken, willa, and bg on the local system all receive the
message. Sending a message to friends means that
davidm@xyz.com and mark@hub.ucsd.edu receive the message.
Sending a message to tom is shorthand for sending to
tmm@eff.org.
Creating Mail Aliases | |
Press A in response to the "Command:" prompt on the elm screen.
The "Alias commands" sub-menu appears.
Press M at the "Alias:" prompt to make a new alias.
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To make an alias for the person who sent the current message, use
a instead of m. This command reads in the sender's address
automatically in step 5.
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Enter the desired alias name, and press Enter.
For example:
Enter alias name: chris Enter
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You can set more than one alias name. For example, if you enter
chris and cl in the example under “Understanding Mail Aliases”, you
can use either alias to send mail to Christine Lawson.
Enter the full name at the next prompt, and press Enter.
For example:
Full name for chris: Christine Lawson Enter
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Enter the address in response to the next prompt, and press Enter.
For example:
Enter address for chris: christine@market.elm.com Enter
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Then the sub-menu "Alias commands" returns.
Press Enter to set the alias. The main screen returns.
Listing and Deleting Aliases | |
You can view your aliases and delete those you no longer need.
Press A in response to the "Command:" prompt on the elm screen.
The "Alias commands" sub-menu appears.
To check the address of a specific alias, press P and enter the
alias name.
To list user aliases, press U.
To list system aliases, press S.
To delete a specific alias, press D and enter the alias name.
To return to elm's main screen, press R or press Enter.
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