X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=inline;f=man%2Fmh-tailor.man;h=a509ea630c7f4922b87f03f9282b6baf30dfbde4;hb=84b65bad347129f751e3ed208516697bc3fe1820;hp=ca12a8a6dfb7bb9eb2a3343a1bfaaa1785a1f8ef;hpb=2cb94fc491ecfbab796f2287f1be4a2c85a8a46d;p=mmh diff --git a/man/mh-tailor.man b/man/mh-tailor.man index ca12a8a..a509ea6 100644 --- a/man/mh-tailor.man +++ b/man/mh-tailor.man @@ -29,10 +29,12 @@ default values and a description of their meanings are listed below: .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 , @@ -48,15 +50,29 @@ to the mail port on the machine specified in the 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 . +.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 : @@ -199,8 +215,8 @@ to 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.