This file allows you to alias numbers to names, create fax mailing groups, etc. Aliases may be defined in terms of other aliases.
For example we could have:
joe: 1234596 fred: 9876123 bill: 0981234 andy: "0,123-4567,,," customers: joe, fred, bill
Lines beginning with # are treated as comments, a comma means the alias list continues.
If you want to include spaces or commas in an alias (commas are a way of inserting delays into a dial-string), you should surround the aliased number with double quotes. Adding coma-delays at the end of a dial string can be useful when dialing numbers that take a long time to respond, avoiding possible timeouts.
The alias system is modelled closely on the one used in Matt Dillon's UUCP package. See UUCP documentation for more details. Thanks, Matt.