+.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "October 16, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
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.\" %nmhwarning%
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-.TH MHMAIL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
mhmail \- send or read mail
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B mhmail
-.RI [ addrs
-\&...]
+.RB [ \-to ]
+.RI addrs
+\&...
.RB [ \-attach
.IR file ]
.RB [ \-body
.RB [ \-send " | " \-nosend ]
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
+.PP
+.HP 5
+.B mhmail
+with no arguments is equivalent to
+.B inc
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mhmail
.BR nmh .
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
+which expect to send mail automatically to various addresses. It is
+also used by various
.B nmh
commands to mail various
error notifications. Although
.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
-a temporary file.
+to incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop.
+.PP
+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
-.B post
-with the
-name of the temporary file as its argument to deliver the message to
-the specified user.
+.BR post ,
+by default, with the name of the temporary file as its argument to
+deliver the message to the specified address.
.PP
The
.B \-subject
i.e., if any other switches are supplied. If the
.B \-cc
switch is used, all addresses following it, even if there are
-intervening switches, are placed in the \*(lqcc:\*(rq field.
+intervening switches other than
+.BR \-to ,
+are placed in the \*(lqcc:\*(rq field. The optional
+.B \-to
+switch can appear in front of any addresses to signify their placement
+in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq field. The
+.B \-to
+and
+.B \-cc
+switches may be given multiple times.
.PP
By using
.B \-from
see
.I localmbox
in
-.BR mh-format (5).
+.IR mh-format (5).
Naturally,
.B post
will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
if
.B \-profile
is used.
-
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
^%libdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message
^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
.fi
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-dist(1), inc(1), mh-format(5), post(8), send(1)
-
+.IR dist (1),
+.IR inc (1),
+.IR send (1),
+.IR mh-format (5),
+.IR post (8)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
-.RB ` \-from "' defaults to sender's local mailbox (localmbox)"
+.RB ` "\-from localmbox" '
.RB ` \-profile "' is enabled by default only with " \-attach
.RB ` \-send '
.fi
-
.SH CONTEXT
If
.B inc
switch, the context of
.B send
is used.
+.B mhmail
+does not read the context file itself, so an entry for it will be
+ignored.