Parses and reformats addresses.
ap [ -form File | -format String ] [ -normalize | -nonormalize ] [ -width Number ] Address
The ap command parses and reformats addresses. The ap command is not started by the user. The ap command is called by other programs. The command is typically called by its full path name, /usr/lib/mh/ap.
The ap command parses each string specified by the address parameter and attempts to reformat it. The default output format for the ap command is the ARPA RFC 822 standard. When the default format is used, the ap command displays an error message for each string it is unable to parse.
Alternate file and string formats are specified by using the -form and -format flags.
/etc/mh/mtstailor | |
Contains the MH tailor file. | |
$HOME/.mh_profile | |
Contains the MH user profile. |
The ali command, dp command, scan command.
The mh_alias file format.
Mail Overview in AIX Version 4.3 System User's Guide: Communications and Networks.
Peek, Jerry. MH and xmh: E-mail for Users and Programmers. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly & Associates, 1992.