X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsend.man;h=7d0a4a27bba27c82f5d9c21b29facb7099a92b29;hb=18017df38ebb626f6eed6f339641fd1298c326e7;hp=917e271861b047503eb59b3cab0a1671f5e2f98c;hpb=1ef7aabbbb72c3e09dfc7db384ac81ab5ac53314;p=mmh diff --git a/man/send.man b/man/send.man index 917e271..7d0a4a2 100644 --- a/man/send.man +++ b/man/send.man @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ .\" .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" $Id$ .\" .TH SEND %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] .SH NAME send \- send a message .SH SYNOPSIS .HP 5 +.na .B send .RB [ \-alias .IR aliasfile ] @@ -24,26 +24,28 @@ send \- send a message .RB [ \-mime " | " \-nomime ] .RB [ \-msgid " | " \-nomsgid ] .RB [ \-push " | " \-nopush ] -.RB [ \-split -.IR seconds ] .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ] .RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ] -.RB [ \-sasl ] -.RB [ \-saslmech -.IR mechanism ] -.RB [ \-user -.IR username ] +.RB [ \-server +.IR servername ] +.RB [ \-port +.IR port-name/number ] .RB [ \-width .IR columns ] .RB [ file -\&...] +\&...] .RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-help ] +.RB [ \-attach +.IR header-field-name ] +.RB [ \-attachformat +.IR 0 " | " 1 " | " 2 ] +.ad .SH DESCRIPTION .B Send will cause each of the specified files to be delivered to each of the destinations in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq, \*(lqcc:\*(rq, -\*(lqBcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqFcc:\*(rq fields of the message. If +\*(lqBcc:\*(rq, \*(lqDcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqFcc:\*(rq fields of the message. If .B send is re\-distributing a message, as invoked from .BR dist , @@ -61,6 +63,80 @@ profile component. Most of the features attributed to .B send 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 . +The draft is converted to a MIME message if one or more matches are found. +This conversion occurs before all other processing. +.PP +The first part of the MIME message is the draft body if that body contains +any non-blank characters. +The body of each header field whose name matches the +.I header-field-name +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 +.I mhshow-suffix- +entry for that suffix. +The content-type for the part is taken from that context entry if a match is +found. +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. +.PP +Each part contains a name attribute that is the last component of the path name. +A +.I x-unix-mode +attribute containing the file mode accompanies each part. +Finally, a description attribute is generated by running the +.I file +command on the file. +.PP +The +.B -attachformat +option specifies the MIME header field formats: a value of +.B 0, +the default, +includes the +.I x-unix-mode +attribute as noted above. A value of +.B 1 +suppresses both that and the \*(lqContent-Description\*(rq header, and +adds a \*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header. A value of +.B 2 +adds the file +.I modification-date +parameter to the \*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header. You can +specify one value in your profile, and override it for individual +messages at the +.I whatnow +prompt. +.PP +Here are example message part headers, for an attachment, for each of the +.B -attachformat +values: +.PP +.nf +-attachformat 0: +Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; x-unix-mode="0644"; + charset="us-ascii" +Content-Description: ASCII text + +-attachformat 1: +Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; charset="us-ascii" +Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="VERSION" + +-attachformat 2: +Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; charset="us-ascii" +Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="VERSION"; modification-date="Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:39:51 -0600" +.fi .PP If .B \-push @@ -111,31 +187,6 @@ useful) feature. Consult the man page for more information. .PP -If -.B \-split -is specified, -.B send -will split the draft into one -or more partial messages prior to sending. This makes use of the -MIME features in -.BR nmh . -Note however that if -.B send -is -invoked under -.BR dist , -then this switch is ignored\0--\0it makes -no sense to redistribute a message in this fashion. Sometimes you want -.B send -to pause after posting a partial message. This is usually -the case when you are running -.B sendmail -and expect to generate a -lot of partial messages. The argument to -.B \-split -tells it how long -to pause between postings. -.PP .B Send with no .I file @@ -156,6 +207,22 @@ delivery, and the \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive an entirely new message with a minimal set of headers. Included in the body of the message will be a copy of the message sent to the sighted recipients. +.PP +If a \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field is encountered, its addresses will be used for +delivery, and the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message. The +blind recipients will receive the same message sent to the sighted +recipients. *WARNING* Recipients listed in the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field receive no +explicit indication that they have received a \*(lqblind copy\*(rq. +This can cause blind recipients to +inadvertently reply to all of the sighted recipients of the +original message, revealing that they received a blind copy. +On the other hand, since a normal reply to a message sent +via a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field +will generate a reply only to the sender of the original message, +it takes extra effort in most mailers to reply to the included +message, and so would usually only be done deliberately, rather +than by accident. +.PP If .B \-filter .I filterfile @@ -219,32 +286,15 @@ switch, the user can direct .B send as to how long it should make header lines containing addresses. .PP -If -.B nmh -has been compiled with SASL support, the -.B \-sasl -switch will enable -the use of SASL authentication with the SMTP MTA. Depending on the -SASL mechanism used, this may require an additional password prompt from the -user (but the -.RI \*(lq \&.netrc \*(rq -file can be used to store this password). -.B \-saslmech -switch can be used to select a particular SASL mechanism, -and the the -.B \-user -switch can be used to select a authorization userid -to provide to SASL other than the default. -.PP -Currently SASL security layers are not supported for SMTP. -.BR nmh 's -SMTP SASL code -will always negotiate an unencrypted connection. This means that while the SMTP -authentication can be encrypted, the subsequent data stream can not. This is in -contrast to -.BR nmh 's -POP3 SASL support, where encryption is supported for both the -authentication and the data stream. +If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the +.B \-server +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 +). .PP The files specified by the profile entry \*(lqAliasfile:\*(rq and any additional alias files given by the @@ -261,7 +311,7 @@ for more information. .SH FILES .fc ^ ~ .nf -.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName 'u +.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile .fi @@ -295,6 +345,7 @@ comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), mh\-alias(5), post(8) .RB ` \-noverbose ' .RB ` \-nowatch ' .RB ` "\-width\ 72" ' +.RB ` "\-attachformat\ 0" ' .fi .SH CONTEXT @@ -305,8 +356,3 @@ Under some configurations, it is not possible to monitor the mail delivery transaction; .B \-watch is a no-op on those systems. -.PP -Using -.B \-split -.I 0 -doesn't work correctly.