4 .TH SPOST %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 spost \- feed a message to sendmail
16 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
17 .RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ]
24 is the program called by
26 to feed the message in
30 for delivery. In fact, many of
31 the features attributed to
33 in its manual page are performed by
37 acting as a preprocessor.
40 which parses the various header fields, appends
41 \*(lqFrom:\*(rq and \*(lqDate:\*(rq lines,
42 and finally feeds the message to the MTA.
44 will not normally be called directly by the user.
47 searches the \*(lqTo:\*(rq, \*(lqCc:\*(rq, \*(lqBcc:\*(rq,
48 \*(lqFcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqResent\-xxx:\*(rq header lines of the specified
49 message for destination addresses,
51 If a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
52 delivery, and the \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message
53 sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive a newly
54 constructed message with a copy of the original message attached.
55 MIME rules are used for encapsulation.
59 to send the Bcc message.)
64 switch can be used to specify a file that spost
65 should take aliases from. More than one file can be specified, each
68 In any event, the alias file, set with the `Aliasfile' profile entry, is
73 enables the output of informational messages.
74 This option sets \-watch, too.
78 switch adds the `\-v' switch to the
83 constructs the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line of the
84 message from the user's login name and the full name from the GECOS field
86 An example is \*(lqFrom: Dan Harkless <dan>\*(rq.
91 Its value overrides the full name from the GECOS field.
93 If you specify a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq
94 line manually in the message draft.
95 It will be used as provided.
96 However, a \*(lqSender:\*(rq header with the user's
98 address will be added.
100 Note that this applies equally to \*(lqResent\-From:\*(rq lines
101 in messages sent with
104 Your MTA is supposed to care to fully qualitfy the addresses
105 with the correct domain name.
107 The draft is filed to the folders in the Fcc headers by
113 .ta \w'ExtraBigFileName 'u
117 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
121 consult the user's profile.
124 send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), refile(1),
125 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
138 Spost does not qualify addresses.
140 Spost does only basic processing and checking, yet.