X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmh-tailor.man5;h=591871439377321232189df502386c7516e45d3c;hp=e4c2d1e499b3a1001fc53fb9cebcdc8ff9aa3c21;hb=b14ea6073f77b4359aaf3fddd0e105989db9f306;hpb=0836c8000ccb34b59410ef1c15b1b7feac70ce5f diff --git a/man/mh-tailor.man5 b/man/mh-tailor.man5 index e4c2d1e..5918714 100644 --- a/man/mh-tailor.man5 +++ b/man/mh-tailor.man5 @@ -33,13 +33,10 @@ local copy of .PP .BR masquerade: .RS 5 -This directive controls two different types of email address masquerading. -The two possible values, which may be specified in any combination on the -line, separated by spaces, are \*(lqdraft_from\*(rq and -\*(lqusername_extension\*(rq. +This directive controls email address masquerading. +The possible value is \*(lqusername_extension\*(rq. .PP -\*(lqusername_extension\*(rq, when specified on the \*(lqmasquerade:\*(rq line, allows a second -type of username masquerading. If the user sets the +If specified and if the user sets the .B $USERNAME_EXTENSION environment variable, its value will be appended to the actual login name. For instance, if I am \*(lqdan@company.com\*(rq, and I set @@ -64,20 +61,12 @@ generating \*(lq[Resent\-]From:\*(rq lines and the SMTP envelope for instance, will not try to read from a maildrop file called \*(lqdan\-www\*(rq (to recall the earlier example). .PP -\*(lqdraft_from\*(rq controls the most powerful type of address masquerading. Normally, -when a user explicitly specifies a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header in a draft, +In any case: +When a user explicitly specifies a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header in a draft, .B nmh uses it rather than constructing its own. However, to discourage email forgery, the SMTP envelope \*(lqFrom:\*(rq and a \*(lqSender:\*(rq header are set to the user's real address. -When \*(lqdraft_from\*(rq is turned on, though, the envelope \*(lqFrom:\*(rq will use the -address specified in the draft, and there will be no \*(lqSender:\*(rq header. This is -useful when a user wants to pretend to be sending mail \*(lqdirectly\*(rq from a remote -POP3 account, or when remote mail robots incorrectly use the envelope \*(lqFrom:\*(rq in -preference to the body \*(lqFrom:\*(rq (or refuse to take action when the two don't -match). Note that the MTA may still reveal the user's real identity (e.g. -.BR sendmail 's -\*(lqX\-Authentication\-Warning:\*(rq header). .RE .PP .BR maildelivery :