X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmh-tailor.man;h=57092712bdf1aa9efd6c0a2d5d9153e657a4855e;hb=df215b409be636447d5ae80dc20eace0a6ada1b8;hp=98eec985593b64400b1067d14fe492746da7fff6;hpb=a1e2db74e04c31153801efabcc31b6f68587eeb4;p=mmh diff --git a/man/mh-tailor.man b/man/mh-tailor.man index 98eec98..5709271 100644 --- a/man/mh-tailor.man +++ b/man/mh-tailor.man @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .TH MH-TAILOR %manext5% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] .SH NAME -mh-tailor, mts.conf \- mail transport customization for nmh message handler +mh-tailor, mts.conf \- mail transport configuration for nmh message handler .SH SYNOPSIS .I %etcdir%/mts.conf .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -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 +50,33 @@ 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 . +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 : @@ -199,8 +219,8 @@ 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. @@ -321,4 +341,19 @@ None mh\-mts(8), post(8) .SH DEFAULTS -As listed above +As listed above. The path of the mail transport configuration +file can be changed with the +.B MHMTSCONF +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 +a file with the intent of use via the +.B MHMTSCONF +or +.B MHMTSUSERCONF +environment variables. If such use is necessary, the ability +to successfully open the file should first be verified.