Index: aliases.5
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RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/smtpd/aliases.5,v
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@@ -25,19 +25,18 @@ This manual page describes the format of
.Nm
file, as used by
.Xr smtpd 8 .
-An alias in its simplest form is used to assign an arbitrary name
-to an email address, or a group of email addresses.
-This provides a convenient way to send mail.
-For example an alias could refer to all users of a group:
+An alias, in its simplest form, is used to assign an arbitrary name
+to an email address or a group of email addresses.
+For example, an alias can refer to all users in a group:
email to that alias would be sent to all members of the group.
-Much more complex aliases can be defined however:
+More complex aliases can be defined, however:
an alias can refer to other aliases,
-be used to send mail to a file instead of another person,
+be used to write mail to a file,
or to execute various commands.
.Pp
Within the file,
.Ql #
-is a comment delimiter; anything placed after it is discarded.
+is a comment delimiter; anything placed after it is ignored.
The file consists of key/value mappings of the form:
.Bd -filled -offset indent
key: value1, value2, value3, ...
