| 1 | .\" |
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| 2 | .\" %nmhwarning% |
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| 3 | .\" $Id: mhmail.man,v 1.1.1.1 1999-02-07 18:14:21 danw Exp $ |
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| 4 | .\" |
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| 5 | .\" include the -mh macro file |
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| 6 | .so %etcdir%/tmac.h |
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| 7 | .\" |
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| 8 | .TH MHMAIL %manext1% MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] |
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| 9 | .SH NAME |
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| 10 | mhmail \- send or read mail |
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| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 12 | .in +.5i |
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| 13 | .ti -.5i |
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| 14 | mhmail |
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| 15 | \%[ |
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| 16 | addrs\ ... |
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| 17 | \%[\-body\ text] |
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| 18 | \%[\-cc\ addrs\ ...] |
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| 19 | .br |
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| 20 | \%[\-from\ addr] |
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| 21 | \%[\-subject subject]] |
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| 22 | .br |
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| 23 | \%[\-version] |
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| 24 | \%[\-help] |
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| 25 | .in -.5i |
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| 26 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 27 | \fImhmail\fR is intended as a replacement for the standard Berkeley |
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| 28 | mail program (\fImail\fR(1) or \fImailx\fR(1)), which is compatible |
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| 29 | with \fInmh\fR. This program is intended for the use of programs such |
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| 30 | as \fIcron\fR(1), which expect to send mail automatically to various |
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| 31 | users. It is also used by various \fInmh\fR commands to mail various |
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| 32 | error notifications. Although \fImhmail\fR can be used interactively, |
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| 33 | it is recommended that \fIcomp\fR(1) and \fIsend\fR(1) be used instead |
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| 34 | to send messages. |
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| 35 | |
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| 36 | When invoked without arguments, it simply invokes \fIinc\fR(1) to |
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| 37 | incorporate new messages from the user's maildrop. When one or more users |
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| 38 | is specified, a message is read from the standard input and spooled to |
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| 39 | a temporary file. \fImhmail\fR then invokes \fIpost\fR(8) with the |
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| 40 | name of the temporary file as its argument to deliver the message to |
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| 41 | the specified user. |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | The `\-subject\ subject' switch can be used to specify the |
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| 44 | \*(lqSubject:\*(rq field of the message. |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | By default, \fImhmail\fR will read the message to be sent from the |
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| 47 | standard input. You can specify the text of the message at the command |
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| 48 | line with the `\-body\ text' switch. If the standard input has zero |
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| 49 | length, \fImhmail\fR will not send the message. You can use the switch |
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| 50 | `\-body\ ""' to force an empty message. |
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| 51 | |
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| 52 | Normally, addresses appearing as arguments are put in the \*(lqTo:\*(rq |
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| 53 | field. If the `\-cc' switch is used, all addresses following it are |
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| 54 | placed in the \*(lqcc:\*(rq field. |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | By using `\-from\ addr', you can specify the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq header of |
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| 57 | the draft. Naturally, \fIpost\fR will fill\-in the \*(lqSender:\*(rq |
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| 58 | header correctly. |
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| 59 | .Fi |
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| 60 | ^%bindir%/inc~^Program to incorporate maildrop into folder |
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| 61 | ^%libdir%/post~^Program to deliver a message |
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| 62 | ^/tmp/mhmail*~^Temporary copy of message |
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| 63 | .Pr |
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| 64 | None |
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| 65 | .Sa |
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| 66 | inc(1), post(8) |
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| 67 | .De |
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| 68 | None |
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| 69 | .Co |
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| 70 | If \fIinc\fR is invoked, then \fIinc\fR's context changes occur. |
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| 71 | .En |
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