X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fspost.man8;h=db783ef6572883ed628f07a4bc91ddd3eedf244f;hp=d55b9922304d51b852c815e5c91246971637f901;hb=eda302e1f049eae6b429a12c5526600eea6a02e1;hpb=5c43bb739797c078c3fd6aa982183e15af456d31 diff --git a/man/spost.man8 b/man/spost.man8 index d55b992..db783ef 100644 --- 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