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From: mesard@bbn.com (Wayne Mesard)
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Subject: Alternate-Mailboxes (was Re: mh-format questions)
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Date: 8 Dec 89 16:02:40 GMT
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> It may be useful to add an "Alternate-Mailboxes:" line to your
> .mh_profile to remove the permutations of your mailbox name that can
> arrive.  I use:
> 
> Alternate-Mailboxes: bgg@yarra, bgg@yarra.oz, bgg@yarra.oz.au, yarra!bgg

For as long as I can remember (since 6.5) Alternate-Mailboxes has
matched the start of the address.  So you should be able to replace the
first three entries above with just "bgg".

As long as we're on the subject, I list all the mailing lists to which I
subscribe in my Alternate-Mailboxes line.  Normally, if you're not
careful repl'ing to a message that came from a mailing list, the message
will get sent to the entire list as well as the author.  But with a
.mh_profile like the following, one's carelessness is less likely to
lead to one's embarrassment:

    Alternate-Mailboxes: mesard, connectionists, bargain, ga-list
    repl: -nocc me

Wayne();

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