NAME

Alias - mail and host alias looking up package


SYNOPSIS

  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);


DESCRIPTION

  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.