X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsend.man;h=4a69b008bc87e5ab5927def6117f643e6f564825;hb=34ae8b856a0adbbdd68a49e2e97cd0124b8b32dd;hp=87a74eb91e65234620963ccc024f51a3cfc20420;hpb=3bede3fae77775088b8b66e7a26a5e2ee1f61fff;p=mmh diff --git a/man/send.man b/man/send.man index 87a74eb..4a69b00 100644 --- a/man/send.man +++ b/man/send.man @@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ send \- send a message .IR ssf ] .RB [ \-saslmech .IR mechanism ] +.RB [ \-snoop ] .RB [ \-user .IR username ] .RB [ \-tls ] +.RB [ \-notls ] .RB [ \-width .IR columns ] .RB [ file @@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ send \- send a message .RB [ \-help ] .RB [ \-attach .IR header-field-name ] +.RB [ \-noattach ] .RB [ \-attachformat .IR 0 " | " 1 " | " 2 ] .ad @@ -76,15 +79,15 @@ are actually performed by .BR post . .PP -If a -.I header-field-name -is supplied using the -.B -attach -option, the draft is scanned for a header whose field name matches the -supplied -.IR header-field-name . +By default the draft is scanned for a header named +.IR Nmh-Attachment . The draft is converted to a MIME message if one or more matches are found. -This conversion occurs before all other processing. +This conversion occurs before all other processing. The header name +can be changed with the +.B \-attach +option. This behavior can be disabled completely with the +.B \-noattach +option. .PP The first part of the MIME message is the draft body if that body contains any non-blank characters. @@ -93,14 +96,17 @@ The body of each header field whose name matches the is interpreted as a file name, and each file named is included as a separate part in the MIME message. .PP -For file names with dot suffixes, the context is scanned for a +For file names with dot suffixes, the profile is scanned for a .I mhshow-suffix- entry for that suffix. -The content-type for the part is taken from that context entry if a match is -found. +The content-type for the part is taken from that profile entry if a match is +found. If a match is not found in the user profile, the mhn.defaults +profile is scanned next. If no match is found or the file does not have a dot suffix, the content-type is text/plain if the file contains only ASCII characters or application/octet-stream -if it contains characters outside of the ASCII range. +if it contains characters outside of the ASCII range. See +.BR mhshow (1) +for more details and example syntax. .PP Each part contains a name attribute that is the last component of the path name. A @@ -113,12 +119,12 @@ command on the file. The .B -attachformat option specifies the MIME header field formats: a value of -.B 0, -the default, +.B 0 includes the .I x-unix-mode attribute as noted above. A value of -.B 1 +.BR 1 , +the default, suppresses that, puts the file name in the \*(lqContent-Description\*(rq header, and adds a \*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header. A value of @@ -234,7 +240,8 @@ is the intended file, whereas .B \-draft will suppress this question. Once the transport system has successfully accepted custody of the -message, the file will be renamed with a leading comma, which allows +message, the file will be renamed with a site-dependent prefix +(usually a comma), which allows it to be retrieved until the next draft message is sent. If there are errors in the formatting of the message, .B send @@ -276,16 +283,7 @@ switch, then will use the MIME rules for encapsulation. .PP -Prior to sending the message, the fields \*(lqFrom:\ user@local\*(rq, -and \*(lqDate:\ now\*(rq will be appended to the headers in the message. -If the environment variable -.B $SIGNATURE -is set, then its value -is used as your personal name when constructing the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq -line of the message. If this environment variable is not set, then -.B send -will consult the profile entry \*(lqSignature\*(rq for -this information. +Prior to sending the message, the \*(lqDate:\ now\*(rq field will be appended to the headers in the message. If .B \-msgid is specified, then a \*(lqMessage\-ID:\*(rq field will also @@ -297,9 +295,26 @@ is re\-distributing a message (when invoked by .BR dist ), then \*(lqResent\-\*(rq will be prepended to each of these fields: \*(lqFrom:\*(rq, \*(lqDate:\*(rq, and \*(lqMessage\-ID:\*(rq. -If the message already contains a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field, then a -\*(lqSender: user@local\*(rq field will be added as well. (An already -existing \*(lqSender:\*(rq field is an error!) +.PP +A \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field is required for all outgoing messages. Multiple +addresses are permitted in the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field, but a \*(lqSender:\*(rq +field is required in this case. Otherwise a \*(lqSender:\*(rq field +is optional. +.PP +If a message with multiple \*(lqFrom:\*(rq +addresses does +.B NOT +include a \*(lqSender:\*(rq field but does include an \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq +field, the \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq field will be used to construct +a \*(lqSender:\*(rq field. +.PP +When using SMTP for mail submission, the envelope\-from used for the SMTP +transaction is derived from the \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq field. +If no \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq field is present, the \*(lqSender:\*(rq +field is used. If neither the \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq nor the +\*(lqSender:\*(rq field is present, the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field is used. +When \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq appears in a message +it will be removed from the final outgoing message. .PP By using the .B \-format @@ -330,10 +345,13 @@ If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the and the .B \-port switches can be used to override the default mail server (defined by the -.RI servers -entry in .I %etcdir%/mts.conf -). +.RI servers +entry). The +.B \-snoop +switch can be used to view the SMTP transaction. (Beware that the +SMTP transaction may contain authentication information either in +plaintext or easily decoded base64.) .PP If .B nmh @@ -370,7 +388,9 @@ If .B nmh has been compiled with TLS support, the .B \-tls -switch will require the negotiation of TLS support when connecting to the +and +.B \-notls +switches will require and disable the negotiation of TLS support when connecting to the SMTP MTA. Encrypted data is labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and `(tls-decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transction with the .B \-snoop @@ -425,7 +445,8 @@ comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), mh\-alias(5), post(8) .RB ` \-noverbose ' .RB ` \-nowatch ' .RB ` "\-width\ 72" ' -.RB ` "\-attachformat\ 0" ' +.RB ` "\-attach\ Nmh-Attachment" ' +.RB ` "\-attachformat\ 1" ' .fi .SH CONTEXT