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 `-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).
$HOME/.mh_profile    The user profile
/etc/passwd    List of users
/etc/group    List of groups
Path:    To determine the user's MH directory
Aliasfile:    For a default alias file
mh-alias(5) `-alias /usr/local/lib/mh/MailAliases' `-nolist' `-nonormalize' `-nouser' None The `-user' option with `-nonormalize' is not entirely accurate, as it does not replace local nicknames for hosts with their official site names.