X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmhmail.man;h=6cf4f71492684844d8d22fa07fabe1f50d6420c5;hb=bc98f50649fe2a742d2872e1d0f7cdc4b2951644;hp=4f1635a414874158d29901b17d1f4aa0b8dfbd56;hpb=d4850ff231bec8513dcd106bdb93bc61d179d8f6;p=mmh diff --git a/man/mhmail.man b/man/mhmail.man index 4f1635a..6cf4f71 100644 --- a/man/mhmail.man +++ b/man/mhmail.man @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ mhmail \- send or read mail .HP 5 .na .B mhmail -.RI [ addrs -\&...] +.RB [ \-to ] +.RI addrs +\&... .RB [ \-attach .IR file ] .RB [ \-body @@ -19,8 +20,8 @@ mhmail \- send or read mail \&...] .RB [ \-from .IR addr ] -.RB [ \-header\-field -.IR name:body ] +.RB [ \-headerfield +.IR name:value ] .RB [ \-subject .IR subject ] .RB [ \-resent ] @@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ mhmail \- send or read mail .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 @@ -46,8 +52,8 @@ which is compatible with .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 @@ -61,15 +67,15 @@ be used instead to send messages. .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 @@ -109,7 +115,16 @@ field. At least one such address is required when sending a message, 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 @@ -130,22 +145,27 @@ will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq header correctly. .PP The -.B \-header\-field -.I name:body -switch adds a header field with the specified name and body to the -message. There need not be a space after the colon that separates the -name and body in the argument to this switch. It is usually best to +.B \-headerfield +.I name:value +switch adds a header field with the specified name and value to the +message. (The +.I value +is called the +.I field body +in RFC 2822, but that's too easily confused with the message body.) +There need not be a space after the colon that separates the +name and value in the argument to this switch. It is usually best to enclose the argument in quotes to protect it from the shell. The -.B \-header\-field +.B \-headerfield switch may be given multiple times to add multiple header fields, for example, .PP .RS 5 .nf mhmail -from sender@example.com \\ --header\-field 'MIME-Version:1.0' \\ --header\-field 'Content-Type:text/plain; charset=utf-8' \\ --header\-field 'Content-Transfer-Encoding:8bit' \\ +-headerfield 'MIME-Version:1.0' \\ +-headerfield 'Content-Type:text/plain; charset=utf-8' \\ +-headerfield 'Content-Transfer-Encoding:8bit' \\ recipient@example.com .fi .RE @@ -218,7 +238,7 @@ dist(1), inc(1), mh-format(5), post(8), send(1) .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 @@ -233,3 +253,6 @@ context changes occur. With the 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.