X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmh-tailor.man;h=53c0875b8f1383b22a174148bddd2426bd5fd61e;hp=ff767b0d69223abac8f31dc1c63a095f80f3d0ab;hb=077b355833f623241d5d145810b91da60e4c260c;hpb=975a1ff048a6f10f88225c4f06b22c898ede62c4 diff --git a/man/mh-tailor.man b/man/mh-tailor.man index ff767b0..53c0875 100644 --- a/man/mh-tailor.man +++ b/man/mh-tailor.man @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ masquerade: .br This directive controls three different types of email address masquerading. The three possible values, which may be specified in any combination on the -line, are "draft_from", "mmailid", and "plussed_user". +line, separated by spaces, are "draft_from", "mmailid", and +"username_extension". "mmailid" was the only type of masquerading in the original MH package, and apparently stands for "masquerade mail identification". This type of @@ -124,16 +125,18 @@ the case, the GECOS field for each user should look like: .ti +.5i First [Middle] Last -"plussed_user", when specified on the "masquerade:" line, allows a second type -of username masquerading. If the user sets the \fB$USERPLUS\fR environment -variable, its value will be tacked onto the actual login name, following a '+' -sign. For instance, if I am dan@company.com, and I set \fB$USERPLUS\fR to -"www", my mail will appear to come from "dan+www@company.com". This feature is -meant to interact with MTA features like the one in sendmail that automatically -delivers all mail sent to \fIuser\fR+\fIstring\fR to \fIuser\fR. One can use -different email addresses in different situations (to aid in automatic mail -filtering or in determining where spammers got your address) while only actually -having a single account. +"username_extension", when specified on the "masquerade:" line, allows a second +type of username masquerading. If the user sets the \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR +environment variable, its value will be appended to the actual login name. For +instance, if I am dan@company.com, and I set \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR to +"\-www", my mail will appear to come from "dan\-www@company.com". This is meant +to interact with qmail's "user\-extension" feature, where mail sent to +\fIuser\fR\-\fIstring\fR will be delivered to \fIuser\fR. Likewise, those using +versions of sendmail for which "plussed user" processing is active can set +\fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR to "+\fIstring\fR". These MTA features are useful +because they allow one to use different email addresses in different situations +(to aid in automatic mail filtering or in determining where spammers got one's +address) while only actually having a single account. "draft_from" controls the most powerful type of address masquerading. Normally, when a user explicitly specifies a "From:" header in a draft, \fInmh\fR uses it @@ -144,8 +147,8 @@ address specified in the draft, and there will be no "Sender:" header. This is useful when a user wants to pretend to be sending mail "directly" from a remote POP3 account, or when remote mail robots incorrectly use the envelope "From:" in preference to the body "From:" (or refuse to take action when the two don't -match). Note that your MTA may still reveal the user's real identity (e.g. -sendmail's "X-Authentication-Warning:" header). +match). Note that the MTA may still reveal the user's real identity (e.g. +sendmail's "X\-Authentication\-Warning:" header). .ti -.5i maildelivery: %libdir%/maildelivery