.RB [ \-rfc934mode " | " \-norfc934mode ]
.RB [ \-contentid " | " \-nocontentid ]
.RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
-.RB [ \-check " | " \-nocheck ]
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
.fi
.RE
.PP
-There are four kinds of directives:
+There are three kinds of directives:
\*(lqtype\*(rq,
-\*(lqexternal-type\*(rq,
\*(lqmessage\*(rq (#forw),
and \*(lqbegin\*(rq (#begin).
.PP
environment variable, instead of directly in your
user profile.
.PP
-.B "(2) The \*(lqexternal-type\*(rq directives
-are used to provide a MIME
-reference to a content, rather than enclosing the contents itself
-(for instance, by specifying an ftp site). Hence, instead of
-providing a filename as with the type directives, external-parameters
-are supplied. These look like regular parameters, so they must be
-separated accordingly. For example,
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.nf
-#@application/octet-stream; \\
- type=tar; \\
- conversions=compress \\
- [this is the nmh distribution] \\
- {application; filename="nmh.tar.gz"} \\
- name="nmh.tar.gz"; \\
- directory="/pub/nmh"; \\
- site="ftp.math.gatech.edu"; \\
- access-type=anon-ftp; \\
- mode="image"
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-You must give a description string to separate the content parameters
-from the external-parameters (although this string may be empty).
-This description string is specified by enclosing it within
-\*(lq[]\*(rq. A disposition string, to appear in a
-\*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header, may appear in the optional
-\*(lq{}\*(rq.
-.PP
-These parameters are of the form:
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.nf
-.ta \w'access-type= 'u
-access-type= usually \fIanon-ftp\fR or \fImail-server\fR
-name= filename
-permission= read-only or read-write
-site= hostname
-directory= directoryname (optional)
-mode= usually \fIascii\fR or \fIimage\fR (optional)
-size= number of octets
-server= mailbox
-subject= subject to send
-body= command to send for retrieval
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-.B "(3) The \*(lqmessage\*(rq directive (#forw)
+.B "(2) The \*(lqmessage\*(rq directive (#forw)
is used to specify a message or
group of messages to include. You may optionally specify the name of
the folder and which messages are to be forwarded. If a folder is not
approach is that the encapsulations are generated by placing an extra
newline at the end of the body of each message.
.PP
-.B "(4) The \*(lqbegin\*(rq directive
+.B "(3) The \*(lqbegin\*(rq directive
is used to create a multipart content.
When using the \*(lqbegin\*(rq directive, you must specify at least one
content between the begin and end pairs.
/home/foobar/lib/picture.gif
.fi
.RE
-.SS "Integrity Check"
-If
-.B mhbuild
-is given the
-.B \-check
-switch, then it will also associate
-an integrity check with each \*(lqleaf\*(rq content. This will add a
-Content-MD5 header field to the content, along with the md5 sum of the
-unencoded contents. This may be used by the receiver of the message to
-verify that the contents of the message were not changed in transport.
.SS "Transfer Encodings"
After
spaces at the end of lines, and clashes with multipart boundaries. It will
then choose a transfer encoding appropriate for each content type.
.PP
-If an integrity check is being associated with each content by using
-the
-.B \-check
-switch, then
-.B mhbuild
-will encode each content with
-a transfer encoding, even it the content contains only 7\-bit data. This
-is to increase the likelihood that the content is not changed while in
-transport.
-.PP
The switch
.B \-ebcdicsafe
will cause
[ filename ]
EOL
- | "#@" type "/" subtype
- 0*(";" attribute "=" value)
- [ "(" comment ")" ]
- [ "<" id ">" ]
- [ "[" description "]" ]
- [ "{" disposition "}" ]
- external-parameters
- EOL
-
| "#forw"
[ "<" id ">" ]
[ "[" description "]" ]
.RB ` \-realsize '
.RB ` \-norfc934mode '
.RB ` \-contentid '
-.RB ` \-nocheck '
.RB ` \-noebcdicsafe '
.RB ` \-noverbose '
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