.IR seconds ]
.RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
.RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ]
+.RB [ \-mts
+.IR smtp " | " sendmail/smtp " | " sendmail/pipe ]
.RB [ \-server
.IR servername ]
.RB [ \-port
.IR ssf ]
.RB [ \-saslmech
.IR mechanism ]
+.RB [ \-snoop ]
.RB [ \-user
.IR username ]
.RB [ \-tls ]
+.RB [ \-notls ]
.RB [ \-width
.IR columns ]
.RB [ file
.RB [ \-help ]
.RB [ \-attach
.IR header-field-name ]
+.RB [ \-noattach ]
.RB [ \-attachformat
.IR 0 " | " 1 " | " 2 ]
.ad
.BR post .
.PP
-If a
-.I header-field-name
-is supplied using the
-.B -attach
-option, the draft is scanned for a header whose field name matches the
-supplied
-.IR header-field-name .
+By default the draft is scanned for a header named
+.IR Nmh-Attachment .
The draft is converted to a MIME message if one or more matches are found.
-This conversion occurs before all other processing.
+This conversion occurs before all other processing. The header name
+can be changed with the
+.B \-attach
+option. This behavior can be disabled completely with the
+.B \-noattach
+option.
.PP
The first part of the MIME message is the draft body if that body contains
any non-blank characters.
is interpreted as a file name, and each file named is included as a separate
part in the MIME message.
.PP
-For file names with dot suffixes, the context is scanned for a
+For file names with dot suffixes, the profile is scanned for a
.I mhshow-suffix-
entry for that suffix.
-The content-type for the part is taken from that context entry if a match is
-found.
+The content-type for the part is taken from that profile entry if a match is
+found. If a match is not found in the user profile, the mhn.defaults
+profile is scanned next.
If no match is found or the file does not have a dot suffix, the content-type
is text/plain if the file contains only ASCII characters or application/octet-stream
-if it contains characters outside of the ASCII range.
+if it contains characters outside of the ASCII range. See
+.BR mhshow (1)
+for more details and example syntax.
.PP
Each part contains a name attribute that is the last component of the path name.
A
The
.B -attachformat
option specifies the MIME header field formats: a value of
-.B 0,
-the default,
+.B 0
includes the
.I x-unix-mode
attribute as noted above. A value of
-.B 1
+.BR 1 ,
+the default,
suppresses that, puts the file name in the
\*(lqContent-Description\*(rq header, and
adds a \*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header. A value of
.B \-draft
will suppress this question.
Once the transport system has successfully accepted custody of the
-message, the file will be renamed with a leading comma, which allows
+message, the file will be renamed with a site-dependent prefix
+(usually a comma), which allows
it to be retrieved until the next draft message is sent. If there are
errors in the formatting of the message,
.B send
new message with a minimal set of headers. Included in the body of the
message will be a copy of the message sent to the sighted recipients.
.PP
-If a \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
+If a \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field is encountered and the
+.B sendmail/pipe
+mail transport method is not in use, its addresses will be used for
delivery, and the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message. The
blind recipients will receive the same message sent to the sighted
recipients. *WARNING* Recipients listed in the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field receive no
will
use the MIME rules for encapsulation.
.PP
-Prior to sending the message, the fields \*(lqFrom:\ user@local\*(rq,
-and \*(lqDate:\ now\*(rq will be appended to the headers in the message.
-If the environment variable
-.B $SIGNATURE
-is set, then its value
-is used as your personal name when constructing the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq
-line of the message. If this environment variable is not set, then
-.B send
-will consult the profile entry \*(lqSignature\*(rq for
-this information.
+Prior to sending the message, the \*(lqDate:\ now\*(rq field will be appended to the headers in the message.
If
.B \-msgid
is specified, then a \*(lqMessage\-ID:\*(rq field will also
.BR dist ),
then \*(lqResent\-\*(rq will be prepended to each of these
fields: \*(lqFrom:\*(rq, \*(lqDate:\*(rq, and \*(lqMessage\-ID:\*(rq.
-If the message already contains a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field, then a
-\*(lqSender: user@local\*(rq field will be added as well. (An already
-existing \*(lqSender:\*(rq field is an error!)
+.PP
+A \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field is required for all outgoing messages. Multiple
+addresses are permitted in the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field, but a \*(lqSender:\*(rq
+field is required in this case. Otherwise a \*(lqSender:\*(rq field
+is optional.
+.PP
+If a message with multiple \*(lqFrom:\*(rq
+addresses does
+.B NOT
+include a \*(lqSender:\*(rq field but does include an \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq
+field, the \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq field will be used to construct
+a \*(lqSender:\*(rq field.
+.PP
+When using SMTP for mail submission, the envelope\-from used for the SMTP
+transaction is derived from the \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq field.
+If no \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq field is present, the \*(lqSender:\*(rq
+field is used. If neither the \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq nor the
+\*(lqSender:\*(rq field is present, the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq field is used.
+When \*(lqEnvelope\-From:\*(rq appears in a message
+it will be removed from the final outgoing message.
.PP
By using the
.B \-format
.B send
as to how long it should make header lines containing addresses.
.PP
+The mail transport system default is provided in
+.I %etcdir%/mts.conf
+but can be overriiden here with the
+.B \-mts
+switch.
+.PP
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
-).
+.RI servers
+entry). The
+.B \-snoop
+switch can be used to view the SMTP transaction. (Beware that the
+SMTP transaction may contain authentication information either in
+plaintext or easily decoded base64.)
.PP
If
.B nmh
.B nmh
has been compiled with TLS support, the
.B \-tls
-switch will require the negotiation of TLS support when connecting to the
+and
+.B \-notls
+switches will require and disable the negotiation of TLS support when connecting to the
SMTP MTA. Encrypted data is labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and
`(tls-decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transction with the
.B \-snoop
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), mh\-alias(5), post(8)
+comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), post(8)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
.RB ` \-noverbose '
.RB ` \-nowatch '
.RB ` "\-width\ 72" '
-.RB ` "\-attachformat\ 0" '
+.RB ` "\-attach\ Nmh-Attachment" '
+.RB ` "\-attachformat\ 1" '
.fi
.SH CONTEXT
projects / mmh / blobdiff