Changed the new "plussed_user" option to mts.conf's "masquerade:" to

[mmh] / man / post.man

diff --git a/man/post.man b/man/post.man
index c344043..4526177 100644 (file)
--- a/man/post.man
+++ b/man/post.man
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ delivery).
 
 Under normal circumstances, \fIpost\fR constructs the "From:" line of the
 message from the user's login name, the full name from the GECOS field of the
 
 Under normal circumstances, \fIpost\fR constructs the "From:" line of the
 message from the user's login name, the full name from the GECOS field of the

-passwd file, and the fully-qualified name of the local machine (or the value of
+passwd file, and the fully\-qualified name of the local machine (or the value of

 "localname" in mts.conf, if set).  An example is "From: Dan Harkless
 <dan@machine.company.com>".  There are four ways to override these values,
 "localname" in mts.conf, if set).  An example is "From: Dan Harkless
 <dan@machine.company.com>".  There are four ways to override these values,

-however.  Note that they apply equally to "Resent-From:" lines in messages sent
+however.  Note that they apply equally to "Resent\-From:" lines in messages sent

 with \fIdist\fR.
 
 with \fIdist\fR.
 

-The first way is GECOS-based username masquerading.  If the "masquerade:" line
+The first way is GECOS\-based username masquerading.  If the "masquerade:" line

 in mts.conf contains "mmailid", this processing is activated.  If a user's GECOS
 field in the passwd file is of the form "Full Name <fakename>" then "fakename"
 will be used in place of the real username.  For instance, a GECOS field of "Dan
 in mts.conf contains "mmailid", this processing is activated.  If a user's GECOS
 field in the passwd file is of the form "Full Name <fakename>" then "fakename"
 will be used in place of the real username.  For instance, a GECOS field of "Dan

@@ -92,16 +92,18 @@ instance, "Dan.Harkless" to "dan".
 
 The second way to override default construction of "From:" is to set the
 \fB$SIGNATURE\fR environment variable.  This variable overrides the full name
 
 The second way to override default construction of "From:" is to set the
 \fB$SIGNATURE\fR environment variable.  This variable overrides the full name

-from the GECOS field, even if GECOS-based masquerading is being done.  This
+from the GECOS field, even if GECOS\-based masquerading is being done.  This

 processing is always active, and does not need to be enabled from mts.conf.
 
 processing is always active, and does not need to be enabled from mts.conf.
 

-The third way is controlled by the "plussed_user" value of "masquerade:" line of
-mts.conf.  When that's turned on, setting the $USERPLUS environment variable
-will result in its value being tacked onto the user's login name, following 
-a '+' sign.  For instance, if I set $USERPLUS to "www", my "From:" line will
-contain "Dan Harkless <dan+www@machine.company.com>" (or "Dan.Harkless+www" if
-I'm using mmailid masquerading as well).  Recent versions of sendmail
-automatically deliver all mail sent to \fIuser\fR+\fIstring\fR to \fIuser\fR.
+The third way is controlled by the "user_extension" value of "masquerade:" line
+of mts.conf.  When that's turned on, setting the \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR
+environment variable will result in its value being appended the user's login
+name.  For instance, if I set \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR to "+www", my "From:"
+line will contain "Dan Harkless <dan+www@machine.company.com>" (or
+"Dan.Harkless+www" if I'm using mmailid masquerading as well).  Recent versions
+of sendmail automatically deliver all mail sent to \fIuser\fR+\fIstring\fR to
+\fIuser\fR.  qmail has a similar feature which uses '\-' as the delimiter by
+default, but can use other characters as well.

 
 The fourth method of address masquerading is to specify a "From:" line manually
 in the message draft.  It will be used as provided (after alias substitution),
 
 The fourth method of address masquerading is to specify a "From:" line manually
 in the message draft.  It will be used as provided (after alias substitution),

@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ will use the address given in the draft "From:", and there will be no "Sender:"
 header.  This is useful in pretending to send mail "directly" from a remote POP3
 account, or when remote email robots give improper precedence to the envelope
 "From:".  Note that your MTA may still reveal your real identity (e.g.
 header.  This is useful in pretending to send mail "directly" from a remote POP3
 account, or when remote email robots give improper precedence to the envelope
 "From:".  Note that your MTA may still reveal your real identity (e.g.

-sendmail's "X-Authentication-Warning:" header). 
+sendmail's "X\-Authentication\-Warning:" header). 

 
 .Fi
 ^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
 
 .Fi
 ^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file