4 .TH SPOST %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
6 spost \- feed a message to sendmail
12 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
19 is the program called by
21 to feed the message in
25 for delivery. In fact, many of
26 the features attributed to
28 in its manual page are performed by
32 acting as a preprocessor.
35 which parses the various header fields, appends
36 `From:' and `Date:' lines,
37 and finally feeds the message to the MTA.
39 will not normally be called directly by the user.
42 searches the `To:', `Cc:', `Bcc:',
43 `Fcc:', and `Resent\-xxx:' header lines of the specified
44 message for destination addresses,
46 If a `Bcc:' field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
47 delivery, and the `Bcc:' field will be removed from the message
48 sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive a newly
49 constructed message with a copy of the original message attached.
50 MIME rules are used for encapsulation.
54 to send the Bcc message.)
56 The `Aliasfile' profile entry
57 can be used to specify one or more files that spost
58 should take aliases from.
62 switch enables informational messages.
63 For example, the `\-v' switch will be added to the
70 profile entry in the `From:' line of the message.
71 If `Default-From' is not set,
73 constructs the `From:' line of the
74 message from the user's login name and the full name from the GECOS field
76 An example is `From: Dan Harkless <dan>'.
81 Its value overrides the full name from the GECOS field.
83 If you specify a `From:'
84 line manually in the message draft.
85 It will be used as provided.
86 A `Sender:' header with the user's
88 address will be added, if the `From' line don't contain a address
90 .RI ` Alternate-Mailboxes '.
92 Note that this applies equally to `Resent\-From:' lines
96 Your MTA is supposed to care to fully qualitfy the addresses
97 with the correct domain name.
99 The draft is filed to the folders in the Fcc headers by
105 .ta \w'ExtraBigFileName 'u
109 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
113 .ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName 'u
114 ^Aliasfile:~^For default alias files
115 ^Default\-From:~^The default From header
116 ^Alternate\-Mailboxes:~^The user's addresses
120 send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), refile(1),
121 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
133 Spost does not qualify addresses.
135 Spost does only basic processing and checking, yet.