4 .TH SPOST %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 spost \- feed a message to sendmail
15 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
22 is the program called by
24 to feed the message in
28 for delivery. In fact, many of
29 the features attributed to
31 in its manual page are performed by
35 acting as a preprocessor.
38 which parses the various header fields, appends
39 `From:' and `Date:' lines,
40 and finally feeds the message to the MTA.
42 will not normally be called directly by the user.
45 searches the `To:', `Cc:', `Bcc:',
46 `Fcc:', and `Resent\-xxx:' header lines of the specified
47 message for destination addresses,
49 If a `Bcc:' field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
50 delivery, and the `Bcc:' field will be removed from the message
51 sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive a newly
52 constructed message with a copy of the original message attached.
53 MIME rules are used for encapsulation.
57 to send the Bcc message.)
62 switch can be used to specify a file that spost
63 should take aliases from. More than one file can be specified, each
66 In any event, the alias file, set with the `Aliasfile' profile entry, is
71 switch enables informational messages.
72 For example, the `\-v' switch will be added to the
77 constructs the `From:' line of the
78 message from the user's login name and the full name from the GECOS field
80 An example is `From: Dan Harkless <dan>'.
85 Its value overrides the full name from the GECOS field.
87 If you specify a `From:'
88 line manually in the message draft.
89 It will be used as provided.
90 However, a `Sender:' header with the user's
92 address will be added.
94 Note that this applies equally to `Resent\-From:' lines
98 Your MTA is supposed to care to fully qualitfy the addresses
99 with the correct domain name.
101 The draft is filed to the folders in the Fcc headers by
107 .ta \w'ExtraBigFileName 'u
111 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
115 consult the user's profile.
118 send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), refile(1),
119 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
131 Spost does not qualify addresses.
133 Spost does only basic processing and checking, yet.