4 .TH SPOST %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 spost \- feed a message to sendmail
15 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
16 .RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ]
23 is the program called by
25 to feed the message in
29 for delivery. In fact, many of
30 the features attributed to
32 in its manual page are performed by
36 acting as a preprocessor.
39 which parses the various header fields, appends
40 `From:' and `Date:' lines,
41 and finally feeds the message to the MTA.
43 will not normally be called directly by the user.
46 searches the `To:', `Cc:', `Bcc:',
47 `Fcc:', and `Resent\-xxx:' header lines of the specified
48 message for destination addresses,
50 If a `Bcc:' field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
51 delivery, and the `Bcc:' field will be removed from the message
52 sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive a newly
53 constructed message with a copy of the original message attached.
54 MIME rules are used for encapsulation.
58 to send the Bcc message.)
63 switch can be used to specify a file that spost
64 should take aliases from. More than one file can be specified, each
67 In any event, the alias file, set with the `Aliasfile' profile entry, is
72 enables the output of informational messages.
73 This option sets \-watch, too.
77 switch adds the `\-v' switch to the
82 constructs the `From:' line of the
83 message from the user's login name and the full name from the GECOS field
85 An example is `From: Dan Harkless <dan>'.
90 Its value overrides the full name from the GECOS field.
92 If you specify a `From:'
93 line manually in the message draft.
94 It will be used as provided.
95 However, a `Sender:' header with the user's
97 address will be added.
99 Note that this applies equally to `Resent\-From:' lines
100 in messages sent with
103 Your MTA is supposed to care to fully qualitfy the addresses
104 with the correct domain name.
106 The draft is filed to the folders in the Fcc headers by
112 .ta \w'ExtraBigFileName 'u
116 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
120 consult the user's profile.
123 send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), refile(1),
124 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
137 Spost does not qualify addresses.
139 Spost does only basic processing and checking, yet.