mhmail: For mailx(1) compat: A period alone on a line means EOF.

[mmh] / man / mhmail.man1

diff --git a/man/mhmail.man1 b/man/mhmail.man1
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@@ -3,41 +3,40 @@
 .\"
 .TH MHMAIL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
 .\"
 .TH MHMAIL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME

-mhmail \- send or read mail
+mhmail \- send mail

 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B mhmail
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
 .B mhmail

-.RI [ addrs
-\&...]
-.RB [ \-body
-.IR text ]
+.IR addrs ...

 .RB [ \-cc
 .RB [ \-cc

-.I addrs
-\&...]
+.IR addrs ...]

 .RB [ \-from
 .IR addr ]
 .RB [ \-subject
 .IR subject ]
 .RB [ \-from
 .IR addr ]
 .RB [ \-subject
 .IR subject ]

-.RB [ \-version ]
+.RB [ \-bodytext
+.IR text ]
+.RB [ \-Version ]

 .RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhmail
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhmail

-is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
+is intended as an
+.BR mmh -compatible
+replacement for the standard Berkeley

 mail program
 .RB ( mail
 or
 mail program
 .RB ( mail
 or

-.BR mailx ),
-which is compatible with
-.BR nmh .
+.BR mailx ).

 This program is intended for the use of programs such as
 .BR cron ,
 which expect to send mail automatically to various
 This program is intended for the use of programs such as
 .BR cron ,
 which expect to send mail automatically to various

-users.  It is also used by various
+addresses.  It is also used by various

 .B nmh
 commands to mail various
 .B nmh
 commands to mail various

-error notifications.  Although
+error notifications.
+Although

 .B mhmail
 can be used interactively,
 it is recommended that
 .B mhmail
 can be used interactively,
 it is recommended that

@@ -46,71 +45,75 @@ and
 .B send
 be used instead to send messages.
 .PP
 .B send
 be used instead to send messages.
 .PP

-When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes
-.B inc
-to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.  When one or more users
-is specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to
+When one or more addresses
+are specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to

 a temporary file.
 .B mhmail
 then invokes
 a temporary file.
 .B mhmail
 then invokes

-.B post
-with the
-name of the temporary file as its argument to deliver the message to
-the specified user.
+.B spost
+to deliver the message.
+.PP
+.B mhmail
+can not be used for mal reading. Use
+.BR inc ,
+.BR scan ,
+.B show
+instead.

 .PP
 The
 .B \-subject
 .I subject
 switch can be used to specify the
 .PP
 The
 .B \-subject
 .I subject
 switch can be used to specify the

-\*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message.
+`Subject:' field of the message.

 .PP
 By default,
 .B mhmail
 will read the message to be sent from the
 .PP
 By default,
 .B mhmail
 will read the message to be sent from the

-standard input.  You can specify the text of the message at the command
+standard input.
+The message is terminated by either end-of-file or by a single period
+alone on a line. This is compatible to
+.B mail
+and
+.BR mailx .
+Alternatively, you can specify the text of the message at the command

 line with the
 line with the

-.B \-body
+.B \-bodytext

 .I text
 .I text

-switch.  If the standard input has zero
-length,
+switch.
+.PP
+If the standard input has zero length,

 .B mhmail
 .B mhmail

-will not send the message.  You can use the switch
-.B \-body
-\*(lq\*(rq to force an empty message.
+will not send the message.  You can use
+.B \-bodytext
+"" to force an empty message.

 .PP
 .PP

-Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq
+Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the `To:'

 field.  If the
 .B \-cc
 switch is used, all addresses following it are
 field.  If the
 .B \-cc
 switch is used, all addresses following it are

-placed in the \*(lqCc:\*(rq field.
+placed in the `Cc:' field.

 .PP
 By using
 .B \-from
 .IR addr ,
 .PP
 By using
 .B \-from
 .IR addr ,

-you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of
+you can specify the `From:' header of

 the draft.  Naturally,
 .B post
 the draft.  Naturally,
 .B post

-will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
+will fill\-in the `Sender:'

 header correctly.
 
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 header correctly.
 
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf

-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
-^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
-^%libdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message
+.ta \w'%etcdir%/BigFileName  'u

 ^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
 .fi
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 ^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
 .fi
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-inc(1), post(8)
+inc(1), scan(1), show(1), post(8)

 
 .SH DEFAULTS
 None
 
 .SH CONTEXT
 
 .SH DEFAULTS
 None
 
 .SH CONTEXT

-If
-.B inc
-is invoked, then
-.BR inc 's
-context changes occur.
+None