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+.\" $OpenBSD: aliases.5,v 1.17 2021/02/13 07:20:49 jmc Exp $
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 23 2020 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: February 13 2021 $
.Dt ALIASES 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.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.
+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:
email to that alias would be sent to all members of the group.