4 .TH SPOST %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 spost \- feed a message to sendmail
12 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
19 is the program called by
21 to feed the message in
25 for delivery. In fact, many of
26 the features attributed to
28 in its manual page are performed by
32 acting as a preprocessor.
35 which parses the various header fields, appends
36 `From:' and `Date:' lines,
37 and finally feeds the message to the MTA.
39 will not normally be called directly by the user.
42 searches the `To:', `Cc:', `Bcc:',
43 `Fcc:', and `Resent\-xxx:' header lines of the specified
44 message for destination addresses,
46 If a `Bcc:' field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
47 delivery, and the `Bcc:' field will be removed from the message
48 sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive a newly
49 constructed message with a copy of the original message attached.
50 MIME rules are used for encapsulation.
54 to send the Bcc message.)
56 The `Aliasfile' profile entry
57 can be used to specify one or more files that spost
58 should take aliases from.
62 switch enables informational messages.
63 For example, the `\-v' switch will be added to the
68 constructs the `From:' line of the
69 message from the user's login name and the full name from the GECOS field
71 An example is `From: Dan Harkless <dan>'.
76 Its value overrides the full name from the GECOS field.
78 If you specify a `From:'
79 line manually in the message draft.
80 It will be used as provided.
81 However, a `Sender:' header with the user's
83 address will be added.
85 Note that this applies equally to `Resent\-From:' lines
89 Your MTA is supposed to care to fully qualitfy the addresses
90 with the correct domain name.
92 The draft is filed to the folders in the Fcc headers by
98 .ta \w'ExtraBigFileName 'u
102 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
105 .ta \w'ExtraBigFileName 'u
106 ^Aliasfile:~^For default alias files
110 send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), refile(1),
111 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
123 Spost does not qualify addresses.
125 Spost does only basic processing and checking, yet.