+.TH MH-TAILOR %manext5% "July 11, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
.\"
-.TH MH-TAILOR %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
mh-tailor, mts.conf \- mail transport configuration for nmh message handler
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
.BR mts :
.RS 5
-The mail transport method to use. The two acceptable options are
+The mail transport method to use. The three acceptable options are
.B smtp
-(which is the default), and
-.BR sendmail .
+(which is the default),
+.BR sendmail/smtp ,
+and
+.BR sendmail/pipe .
.PP
If you use
.BR smtp ,
entry.
.PP
If you use
-.BR sendmail ,
+.BR sendmail/smtp ,
then
.B post
will send messages by forking a
local copy of
.BR sendmail .
-Currently it will still speak SMTP with this local
-copy of
+It will still speak SMTP with this local copy of
+.BR sendmail .
+For backward compatibility,
+.B sendmail/smtp
+can be abbreviated to
.BR sendmail .
+.PP
+The third alternative,
+.BR sendmail/pipe ,
+also forks a local copy of
+.B sendmail
+but feeds the message directly to it, using
+.B sendmail
+.BR -t .
+This replaces the old, undocumented
+.B spost
+mechanism and retains some of its limitations, such as lack of
+support for the
+.B \-whom
+switch and
+\*(lqDcc:\*(rq header field.
.RE
.PP
.BR localname :
.I maildelivery
file.
See
-.BR slocal (1)
+.IR slocal (1)
for the details.
.RE
.PP
localhost
.RS 5
A lists of hosts and networks which to look for SMTP servers when
-posting local mail. It turns out this is a major win for hosts which
-don't run an message transport system. The value of
+posting non\-local mail. It turns out this is a major win for hosts
+which don't run an message transport system. The value of
.B servers
should be one or more items. Each item is the name of a host which
is (hopefully) running a SMTP server.
\" .RS 5
\" The local BBoards domain (a UCI hack).
\" .RE
-
\" .SS "BBoards & The POP"
\" These options are only available if you compiled \fInmh\fP with
\" \*(lqbboards:\ pop\*(rq and \*(lqpop:\ on\*(rq.
-
\" .PP
\" .BR popbbhost :
\" .RS 5
\" present, then no check is made. This variable should be set on the POP
\" BBoards service host.
\" .RE
-
.SS "File Locking"
A few words on locking:
.B nmh
.BR nmh ,
you should see how locking is done at
your site, and set the appropriate values.
-
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
.fi
-
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
None
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-mh\-mts(8), post(8)
-
+.IR mh\-mts (8),
+.IR post (8)
.SH DEFAULTS
As listed above. The path of the mail transport configuration
file can be changed with the
environment variable and augmented with the
.B MHMTSUSERCONF
environment variable, see mh\-profile(5).
-
.SH BUGS
Failure to open any mail transport configuration file is silently
ignored. Therefore, it's best to avoid dynamic creation of such