X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fspost.man8;h=849d42b638e413631405596832eac4c0b16c2c36;hb=2ad400e58233fb80e4c331e1d97c25c6d7312dd4;hp=695cd94de6da32f1c967d29ab3cf0a657b6933ef;hpb=32b2354dbaf4bf934936eb5b102a4a3d2fdd209a;p=mmh diff --git a/man/spost.man8 b/man/spost.man8 index 695cd94..849d42b 100644 --- a/man/spost.man8 +++ b/man/spost.man8 @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ spost \- feed a message to sendmail .RB [ \-alias .IR aliasfile .RB " | " \-noalias ] -.RB [ \-dist ] .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ] .RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ] .I file @@ -38,18 +37,18 @@ acting as a preprocessor. Thus, it is .B spost which parses the various header fields, appends -\*(lqFrom:\*(rq and \*(lqDate:\*(rq lines, +`From:' and `Date:' lines, and finally feeds the message to the MTA. .B Spost will not normally be called directly by the user. .PP .B Spost -searches the \*(lqTo:\*(rq, \*(lqCc:\*(rq, \*(lqBcc:\*(rq, -\*(lqFcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqResent\-xxx:\*(rq header lines of the specified +searches the `To:', `Cc:', `Bcc:', +`Fcc:', and `Resent\-xxx:' header lines of the specified message for destination addresses, .PP -If a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field is encountered, its addresses will be used for -delivery, and the \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message +If a `Bcc:' field is encountered, its addresses will be used for +delivery, and the `Bcc:' field will be removed from the message sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive a newly constructed message with a copy of the original message attached. MIME rules are used for encapsulation. @@ -80,24 +79,24 @@ switch adds the `\-v' switch to the invocation. .PP .B Spost -constructs the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line of the +constructs the `From:' line of the message from the user's login name and the full name from the GECOS field of the passwd file. -An example is \*(lqFrom: Dan Harkless \*(rq. +An example is `From: Dan Harkless '. .PP If you set the .B $SIGNATURE environment variable. Its value overrides the full name from the GECOS field. .PP -If you specify a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq +If you specify a `From:' line manually in the message draft. It will be used as provided. -However, a \*(lqSender:\*(rq header with the user's +However, a `Sender:' header with the user's .B real address will be added. .PP -Note that this applies equally to \*(lqResent\-From:\*(rq lines +Note that this applies equally to `Resent\-From:' lines in messages sent with .BR dist . .PP