Removed the global alias file

[mmh] / man / post.man

diff --git a/man/post.man b/man/post.man
index 892215a..b99ed0d 100644 (file)
--- a/man/post.man
+++ b/man/post.man
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
-.\" $Id$
 .\"
 .TH POST %manext8% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@ post \- deliver a message
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
-.B %libdir%/post 
+.B %libdir%/post
 .RB [ \-alias
 .IR aliasfile ]
 .RB [ \-filter
@@ -21,11 +20,6 @@ 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 ]
@@ -94,7 +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
@@ -116,11 +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
@@ -179,7 +170,7 @@ 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 nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the
 .B \-server
@@ -190,38 +181,12 @@ switches can be used to override the default mail server (defined by the
 entry in
 .I %etcdir%/mts.conf
 ).
-.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
-If SASL authentication is successful, 
-.BR nmh
-will attempt to negotiate a security layer for session encryption.
-Encrypted data is labelled with `(encrypted)' and `(decrypted)' when
-viewing the SMTP transaction with the
-.B \-snoop
-switch.
 
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .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
@@ -240,7 +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 '