# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 772054937 0
# Node ID d8bede4feaedbe3193f0afaca7249883718981ac
# Parent  7f15f77cb644f8de63410d2d61db8d07917498d6
(define-mail-alias): Doc fix.

diff -r 7f15f77cb644 -r d8bede4feaed lisp/mail/mailalias.el
--- a/lisp/mail/mailalias.el	Sun Jun 19 19:07:47 1994 +0000
+++ b/lisp/mail/mailalias.el	Sun Jun 19 19:42:17 1994 +0000
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@
 (defun define-mail-alias (name definition)
   "Define NAME as a mail alias that translates to DEFINITION.
 This means that sending a message to NAME will actually send to DEFINITION.
-DEFINITION can be one or more mail addresses separated by commas."
+DEFINITION can be one or more mail addresses separated by spaces.
+An address can contain spaces if it is quoted with double-quotes."
   (interactive "sDefine mail alias: \nsDefine %s as mail alias for: ")
   ;; Read the defaults first, if we have not done so.
   (if (eq mail-aliases t)
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@
 	;; Strip quotation marks.
 	(setq definition (substring definition 1 (1- (length definition))))
       ;; ~/.mailrc contains addresses separated by spaces.
-      ;; mailers should expect addresses separated by commas.
+      ;; Mailers should expect addresses separated by commas.
       (while (setq tem (string-match "[^ \t,][ \t,]+" definition tem))
 	(if (= (match-end 0) (length definition))
 	    (setq definition (substring definition 0 (1+ tem)))