Mail Aliases

Aliases are handled within the

ADDRESS BOOK

menu, within pine's main menu (enter a in the main menu).

The ADDRESS BOOK menu looks similar to Figure 8.12.

Figure 8.12: pine ADDRESS BOOK menu structure

Functions available to the user include

e

: Change/modify specific parts of the alias.

p

: Move pointer (highlighted line) to previous entry.

n

: Move pointer (highlighted line) to next entry.

-

: Move pointer to previous page (assuming a large list of aliases).

Spc

: Move pointer to next page (assuming a large list of aliases).

d

: Delete current alias.

a

: Add a new alias.

s

: Create a new alias representing a group of people.

z

: Add to a group.

w

: Find an word within the alias file.

c

: Compose a message for that alias.

Aliases may also be altered by modifying file .addressbook.