* Merged mts/sendmail functionality into mts/smtp; switching between

[mmh] / man / mh-tailor.man

diff --git a/man/mh-tailor.man b/man/mh-tailor.man
index 53c0875..b9f2560 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-tailor.man
+++ b/man/mh-tailor.man
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ default values and a description of their meanings are listed below:
 
 .in +.5i
 .ti -.5i
+mts:
+.br
+The mail transport method to use.  The two acceptable options are \fBsmtp\fP
+(which is the default), and \fBsendmail\fP.
+
+If you use \fBsmtp\fP, this will enable a direct SMTP (simple mail transport
+protocol) interface in \fInmh\fR.  When sending mail, instead of passing the
+message to the mail transport agent, \fIpost\fR will open a socket connection
+to the mail port on the machine specified in the \fIservers\fR entry.
+
+If you use \fBsendmail\fP, then \fIpost\fR will send messages by forking a
+local copy of sendmail.  Currently it will still speak SMTP with this local
+copy of sendmail.
+
+.ti -.5i
 localname:
 .br
 The hostname \fInmh\fR considers local.  It should typically be a fully
@@ -136,7 +151,11 @@ versions of sendmail for which "plussed user" processing is active can set
 \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR to "+\fIstring\fR".  These MTA features are useful
 because they allow one to use different email addresses in different situations
 (to aid in automatic mail filtering or in determining where spammers got one's
-address) while only actually having a single account.
+address) while only actually having a single account.  Note that
+\fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR is only appended to the username when \fIpost\fR is
+generating "[Resent\-]From:" lines and the SMTP envelope "From:".  \fIinc\fR,
+for instance, will not try to read from a maildrop file called "dan\-www" (to
+recall the earlier example).
 
 "draft_from" controls the most powerful type of address masquerading.  Normally,
 when a user explicitly specifies a "From:" header in a draft, \fInmh\fR uses it
@@ -172,8 +191,7 @@ This is useful for handling admin, dummy, and guest logins.
 
 .in -.5i
 .Uh "SMTP support"
-These options are only available if you compiled \fInmh\fP with the
-\*(lq/smtp\*(rq support.
+These options are only available if you set \fImts\fR to \fBsmtp\fP.
 
 .in +.5i
 .ti -.5i
@@ -208,8 +226,7 @@ ignored (sorry, the interface went away under BIND).
 
 .in -.5i
 .Uh "SendMail"
-This option is only available if you compiled \fInmh\fP to use
-\fISendMail\fP as your delivery agent.
+This option is only available if you set \fImts\fR to \fBsendmail\fP.
 
 .in +.5i
 .ti -.5i
@@ -220,7 +237,7 @@ The pathname to the \fIsendmail\fR program.
 .in -.5i
 .Uh "Post Office Protocol"
 This option is only available if you have compiled \fInmh\fP with POP
-support enabled (i.e., \*(lq--enable-nmh-pop\*(rq).
+support enabled (i.e., \*(lq--enable-pop\*(rq).
 
 .in +.5i
 .ti -.5i