IM::Alias(3pm)

IM::Alias3pm

Mail and host alias looking up package

Usage

 use IM::Alias;
 alias_read(mail_alias_files, addrbook_files);
 $result = alias_lookup(user_name);
 alias_print(alias);
 hosts_read(hosts_alias_files);
 $result = hosts_completion(mail_address);
 hosts_print(alias);

Overview

The IM::Alias module handles mail and host aliases.

This modules is provided by IM (Internet Message).

Examples

 alias_read("$HOME/.im/Aliases", "$HOME/.im/Addrbook");
 hosts_read("$HOME/.hostaliases");
 $result = alias_lookup('u');
 print "$result\n" if ($result);
 $result = hosts_completion('u@h');
 print "$result\n" if ($result);
 alias_print("a") displays mail addresses whose alias is "a".
 hosts_print("") displays all host aliases.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 2.2
  2. 3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0
  5. 5.0
  6. 6.0
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11–13

From im 1:153-4 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.