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 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
-.\" $Id$
 .\"
 .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
 .IR text ]
 .RB [ \-cc
 .I addrs
-...]
+\&...]
 .RB [ \-from
 .IR addr ]
+.RB [ \-headerfield
+.IR name:value ]
 .RB [ \-subject
 .IR subject ]
+.RB [ \-resent ]
+[switches\ for
+.I post
+\&... |
+.RB \-profile
+[switches\ for
+.I send
+\&...]]
+.RB [ \-send " | " \-nosend ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ] 
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.PP
+.HP 5
+.B mhmail
+with no arguments is equivalent to
+.B inc
+.ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B mhmail
 is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley
@@ -32,8 +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
@@ -47,15 +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
@@ -63,6 +83,19 @@ The
 switch can be used to specify the
 \*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message.
 .PP
+The
+.B \-resent
+switch indicates that the message body is a fully formed message that
+will be resent, as
+.B dist
+would do.  For example:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.nf
+mhmail u2@example.com -resent < `mhpath cur`
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
 By default,
 .B mhmail
 will read the message to be sent from the
@@ -73,43 +106,153 @@ line with the
 switch.  If the standard input has zero
 length,
 .B mhmail
-will not send the message.  You can use the switch
+will not send the message and return with status 1.  You can use the switch
 .B \-body
-\*(lr\*(rq to force an empty message.
+\*(lq\*(rq to force an empty message.
 .PP
 Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq
-field.  If the
+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 are
-placed in the \*(lqcc:\*(rq field.
+switch is used, all addresses following it, even if there are
+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
 .IR addr ,
 you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of
-the draft.  Naturally,
+the draft.  If no
+.B \-from
+switch is used when sending,
+.B mhmail
+will supply a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header field using the sender's local mailbox,
+see
+.I localmbox
+in
+.BR mh-format (5).
+Naturally,
 .B post
 will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
 header correctly.
+.PP
+The
+.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 \-headerfield
+switch may be given multiple times to add multiple header fields,
+for example,
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.nf
+mhmail -from sender@example.com \\
+-headerfield 'MIME-Version:1.0' \\
+-headerfield 'Content-Type:text/plain; charset=utf-8' \\
+-headerfield 'Content-Transfer-Encoding:8bit' \\
+recipient@example.com
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Note about this example:  the
+.B \-attach
+switch causes
+.I MIME-Version
+and
+.I Content-Type
+headers to be added to the message.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-profile
+switch instructs
+.B mhmail
+to use
+.B send
+instead of
+.B post
+to send the message.  This allows use of the user's context and aliases.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-attach
+.I file
+switch attaches the specified file to the message.  Use of
+.B \-attach
+enables
+.B \-profile
+because
+.B mhmail
+uses
+.B send
+to handle the attachment.  It is usually best to enclose the argument
+in quotes to protect it from the shell.  The
+.B \-attach
+switch may be given multiple times to add multiple attachments.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-nosend
+option shows the draft file that would be posted/sent on the command's
+standard output but does not post or send it.
+.B \-send
+provides the default behavior of posting or sending the message.  It
+can be used to disable
+.BR \-nosend ,
+for example, when using a shell alias.
+.PP
+All other switches are passed on to
+.B post
+if
+.B \-profile
+is not used, or
+.B send
+if
+.B \-profile
+is used.
 
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
-.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName  'u
+.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
 ^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder
 ^%libdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message
 ^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message
 .fi
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-inc(1), post(8)
+dist(1), inc(1), mh-format(5), post(8), send(1)
 
 .SH DEFAULTS
-None
+.nf
+.RB ` "\-from localmbox" '
+.RB ` \-profile "' is enabled by default only with " \-attach
+.RB ` \-send '
+.fi
 
 .SH CONTEXT
 If
 .B inc
 is invoked, then
 .BR inc 's
-context changes occur.
+context changes occur.  With the
+.B \-profile
+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.