Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!dsinc!syd From: syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein) Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm Subject: Re: newalias problem under root Message-ID: <77@dsinc.UUCP> Date: 23 Feb 89 02:54:15 GMT References: <198017@hrc.UUCP> Reply-To: syd@dsinc.UUCP (Syd Weinstein) Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc., Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006 Lines: 14 In article <198017@hrc.UUCP> dan@hrc.UUCP (Dan Troxel) writes: >This is what me .alias_text file looks like: > >jeff : jeff at swusrgrp : swusrgrp!jeff And what you need to do is use ='s. The document in 2.1 was out of step with the program. One of the changes in 2.1 is to use ='s for the alias seperators, as : is a valid name character in some mail systems. -- ===================================================================== Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator Datacomp Systems, Inc. Voice: (215) 947-9900 {allegra,bpa,vu-vlsi}!dsinc!syd FAX: (215) 938-0235