X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmh-tailor.man;h=b9f2560cf34208bc971324b79ebedfe478fa435e;hp=53c0875b8f1383b22a174148bddd2426bd5fd61e;hb=df7b16cb148474b3b80dbf1e226e858cf1e47edb;hpb=077b355833f623241d5d145810b91da60e4c260c diff --git a/man/mh-tailor.man b/man/mh-tailor.man index 53c0875..b9f2560 100644 --- a/man/mh-tailor.man +++ b/man/mh-tailor.man @@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ default values and a description of their meanings are listed below: .in +.5i .ti -.5i +mts: +.br +The mail transport method to use. The two acceptable options are \fBsmtp\fP +(which is the default), and \fBsendmail\fP. + +If you use \fBsmtp\fP, this will enable a direct SMTP (simple mail transport +protocol) interface in \fInmh\fR. When sending mail, instead of passing the +message to the mail transport agent, \fIpost\fR will open a socket connection +to the mail port on the machine specified in the \fIservers\fR entry. + +If you use \fBsendmail\fP, then \fIpost\fR will send messages by forking a +local copy of sendmail. Currently it will still speak SMTP with this local +copy of sendmail. + +.ti -.5i localname: .br The hostname \fInmh\fR considers local. It should typically be a fully @@ -136,7 +151,11 @@ versions of sendmail for which "plussed user" processing is active can set \fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR to "+\fIstring\fR". These MTA features are useful because they allow one to use different email addresses in different situations (to aid in automatic mail filtering or in determining where spammers got one's -address) while only actually having a single account. +address) while only actually having a single account. Note that +\fB$USERNAME_EXTENSION\fR is only appended to the username when \fIpost\fR is +generating "[Resent\-]From:" lines and the SMTP envelope "From:". \fIinc\fR, +for instance, will not try to read from a maildrop file called "dan\-www" (to +recall the earlier example). "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 @@ -172,8 +191,7 @@ This is useful for handling admin, dummy, and guest logins. .in -.5i .Uh "SMTP support" -These options are only available if you compiled \fInmh\fP with the -\*(lq/smtp\*(rq support. +These options are only available if you set \fImts\fR to \fBsmtp\fP. .in +.5i .ti -.5i @@ -208,8 +226,7 @@ ignored (sorry, the interface went away under BIND). .in -.5i .Uh "SendMail" -This option is only available if you compiled \fInmh\fP to use -\fISendMail\fP as your delivery agent. +This option is only available if you set \fImts\fR to \fBsendmail\fP. .in +.5i .ti -.5i @@ -220,7 +237,7 @@ The pathname to the \fIsendmail\fR program. .in -.5i .Uh "Post Office Protocol" This option is only available if you have compiled \fInmh\fP with POP -support enabled (i.e., \*(lq--enable-nmh-pop\*(rq). +support enabled (i.e., \*(lq--enable-pop\*(rq). .in +.5i .ti -.5i