X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmhmail.man1;h=78567d87cb7c5b684bf15119d2de8fe9172267a9;hp=0210c73da0641f5339d724ed7d866004c9141e99;hb=aeca8a417f58825dc5c5c3fbd9d958251d6763fe;hpb=5c43bb739797c078c3fd6aa982183e15af456d31 diff --git a/man/mhmail.man1 b/man/mhmail.man1 index 0210c73..78567d8 100644 --- a/man/mhmail.man1 +++ b/man/mhmail.man1 @@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ mhmail \- send mail .na .B mhmail .IR addrs ... -.RB [ \-body -.IR text ] .RB [ \-cc .IR addrs ...] .RB [ \-from .IR addr ] .RB [ \-subject .IR subject ] +.RB [ \-bodytext +.IR text ] .RB [ \-Version ] .RB [ \-help ] .ad @@ -69,16 +69,23 @@ switch can be used to specify the By default, .B mhmail will read the message to be sent from the -standard input. You can specify the text of the message at the command +standard input. +The message is terminated by either end-of-file or by a single period +alone on a line. This is compatible to +.B mail +and +.BR mailx . +Alternatively, you can specify the text of the message at the command line with the -.B \-body +.B \-bodytext .I text -switch. If the standard input has zero -length, +switch. +.PP +If the standard input has zero length, .B mhmail -will not send the message. You can use the switch -.B \-body -`' to force an empty message. +will not send the message. You can use +.B \-bodytext +"" to force an empty message. .PP Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the `To:' field. If the