Add "Default-From" config option

[mmh] / man / spost.man8

diff --git a/man/spost.man8 b/man/spost.man8
index d55b992..db783ef 100644 (file)
--- a/man/spost.man8
+++ b/man/spost.man8
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@ spost \- feed a message to sendmail
 .na
 .HP 5
 .B spost
-.RB [ \-alias
-.IR aliasfile
-.RB " | " \-noalias ]
-.RB [ \-dist ]
 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
-.RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ]
 .I file
 .RB [ \-Version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
@@ -58,28 +53,23 @@ invokes
 .B send
 to send the Bcc message.)
 .PP
-The
-.B \-alias
-.I aliasfile
-switch can be used to specify a file that spost
-should take aliases from.  More than one file can be specified, each
-being preceded with
-.BR \-alias .
-In any event, the alias file, set with the `Aliasfile' profile entry, is
-read first.
+The `Aliasfile' profile entry
+can be used to specify one or more files that spost
+should take aliases from.
 .PP
 The
 .B \-verbose
-enables the output of informational messages.
-This option sets \-watch, too.
-.PP
-The
-.B \-watch
-switch adds the `\-v' switch to the
+switch enables informational messages.
+For example, the `\-v' switch will be added to the
 .B sendmail
 invocation.
 .PP
 .B Spost
+puts the
+.RI ` Default-From '
+profile entry in the `From:' line of the message.
+If `Default-From' is not set,
+.B spost
 constructs the `From:' line of the
 message from the user's login name and the full name from the GECOS field
 of the passwd file.
@@ -93,9 +83,11 @@ Its value overrides the full name from the GECOS field.
 If you specify a `From:'
 line manually in the message draft.
 It will be used as provided.
-However, a `Sender:' header with the user's
+A `Sender:' header with the user's
 .B real
-address will be added.
+address will be added, if the `From' line don't contain a address
+from the user
+.RI ` Alternate-Mailboxes '.
 .PP
 Note that this applies equally to `Resent\-From:' lines
 in messages sent with
@@ -115,10 +107,14 @@ None
 .fi
 
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
-.B spost
-does
-.B NOT
-consult the user's profile.
+.fc ^ ~
+.nf
+.ta 3.5i
+.ta \w'ExtraBigProfileName  'u
+^Aliasfile:~^For default alias files
+^Default\-From:~^The default From header
+^Alternate\-Mailboxes:~^The user's addresses
+.fi
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), refile(1),
@@ -128,7 +124,6 @@ send(1), mh\-mail(5), mh\-alias(5), mh\-tailor(5), refile(1),
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` \-noverbose '
-.RB ` \-nowatch '
 .fi
 
 .SH CONTEXT