#
# nmh mail transport interface customization file.
-#
-# Check the mh-tailor(5) man page for a list of
-# all the available options for this file.
+#
+# Check the mh-tailor(5) man page for descriptions of available options.
#
-# The delivery method to use. Supported values are `smtp' and `sendmail'.
-# When `smtp', nmh will open a socket connection to the mail port on the
-# machine specified below, and speak SMTP directly.
-# When `sendmail', nmh will pipe messages directly to the sendmail program.
+# The delivery method to use, which must be one of the following:
+# smtp: nmh opens a socket connection to the appropriate port
+# on the servers listed below and speaks SMTP to the
+# first one that responds. This is the default.
+# sendmail/smtp: nmh pipes messages directly to the sendmail program,
+# speaking SMTP. Can be abbreviated to "sendmail".
+# sendmail/pipe: nmh pipes messages directly to the sendmail program,
+# using the -t option so that addresses are retrieved
+# from the message.
mts: %mts%
-# The exceptions file for /etc/hosts used by
-# `post' to try to find official names.
-hostable: %etcdir%/hosts
-
# Name that nmh considers `local'. If not set, nmh will
# query the system for this value (gethostname, etc...).
#localname: foo.bar.com
-# The following directive allows email address masquerading. The string
-# "draft_from mmailid username_extension" will allow all three types.
-masquerade: %masquerade%
-
# Default location of mail drops. If this option is
# set, but empty, the user's home directory is used.
mmdfldir: %mailspool%