Removed the global alias file

[mmh] / man / post.man

diff --git a/man/post.man b/man/post.man
index 311d2f3..b99ed0d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/post.man
+++ b/man/post.man
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
-.\" $Id$
 .\"
 .TH POST %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
 post \- deliver a message
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
-.B %libdir%/post 
+.na
+.B %libdir%/post
 .RB [ \-alias
 .IR aliasfile ]
 .RB [ \-filter
@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ post \- deliver a message
 .RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ]
 .RB [ \-width
 .IR columns ]
-.RB [ \-sasl ]
-.RB [ \-saslmech
-.IR mechanism ]
-.RB [ \-user
-.IR username ]
 .I file
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
+.ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Post
 is the default program called by
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ should take aliases from.  More than one file can be specified, each
 being preceded with
 .BR \-alias .
 In any event, the primary alias file is
-read first.
+read first. \" TODO: clarify. What means ``primary''?
 .PP
 The
 .B \-msgid
@@ -114,11 +110,8 @@ Under normal circumstances,
 .B post
 constructs the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq 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
-\*(lqlocalname\*(rq in
-.IR mts.conf ,
-if set).  An example is \*(lqFrom: Dan Harkless
+passwd file, and the fully\-qualified name of the local machine.
+An example is \*(lqFrom: Dan Harkless
 <dan@machine.company.com>\*(rq.  There are four ways to override these values,
 however.  Note that they apply equally to \*(lqResent\-From:\*(rq lines in messages sent
 with
@@ -177,41 +170,23 @@ header.  This is useful in pretending to send mail \*(lqdirectly\*(rq from a rem
 account, or when remote email robots give improper precedence to the envelope
 \*(lqFrom:\*(rq.  Note that your MTA may still reveal your real identity (e.g.
 .BR sendmail 's
-\*(lqX\-Authentication\-Warning:\*(rq header). 
+\*(lqX\-Authentication\-Warning:\*(rq header).
 .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
+).
 
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
-.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName  'u
+.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
 ^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
-^%etcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
 ^%bindir%/refile~^Program to process Fcc:s
 ^%libdir%/mhl~^Program to process Bcc:s
 .fi
@@ -230,7 +205,6 @@ mhmail(1), send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5),
 
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
-.RB ` \-alias "' defaults to %etcdir%/MailAliases"
 .RB ` \-format '
 .RB ` \-nomime '
 .RB ` \-nomsgid '
@@ -243,7 +217,7 @@ mhmail(1), send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5),
 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 
-.Bu
+.SH BUGS
 \*(lqReply\-To:\*(rq fields are allowed to have groups in them according
 to the 822 specification, but
 .B post