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>>>>> "JV" == Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

    JV> However my other MUA (mutt) disagrees. [...] A quick glance at
    JV> other MUA's show that they _all_ want commas

Don't believe them, the "true" ~/.mailrc separator is space.  From the
mailx(1) manpage:

  [...] The format for the alias command is a space-separated list of
  recipients, while the format for an alias in either the .forward or
  /etc/aliases is a comma-separated list. [...]

-TS