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   1 .TH POST %manext8% 2016-10-17 "%nmhversion%"
   2 .
   3 .\" %nmhwarning%
   4 .
   5 .SH NAME
   6 post \- deliver an nmh message
   7 .SH SYNOPSIS
   8 .HP 5
   9 .na
  10 .B %nmhlibexecdir%/post
  11 .RB [ \-help ]
  12 .RB [ \-version ]
  13 .RB [ \-alias
  14 .IR aliasfile ]
  15 .RB [ \-filter
  16 .IR filterfile ]
  17 .RB [ \-nofilter ]
  18 .RB [ \-format " | " \-noformat ]
  19 .RB [ \-mime " | " \-nomime ]
  20 .RB [ \-msgid " | " \-nomsgid ]
  21 .RB [ \-messageid
  22 .IR localname " | " random ]
  23 .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
  24 .RB [ \-watch " | " \-nowatch ]
  25 .RB [ \-width
  26 .IR columns ]
  27 .RB [ \-mts
  28 .IR smtp " | " sendmail/smtp " | " sendmail/pipe ]
  29 .RB [ \-sendmail
  30 .IR program ]
  31 .RB [ \-server
  32 .IR servername ]
  33 .RB [ \-port
  34 .IR portname/number ]
  35 .RB [ \-sasl ]
  36 .RB [ \-nosasl ]
  37 .RB [ \-saslmech
  38 .IR mechanism ]
  39 .RB [ \-user
  40 .IR username ]
  41 .RB [ \-tls ]
  42 .RB [ \-initialtls ]
  43 .RB [ \-notls ]
  44 .I file
  45 .ad
  46 .SH DESCRIPTION
  47 .B post
  48 is the default program called by
  49 .B send
  50 to deliver the message in
  51 .I file
  52 to local and remote users.
  53 In fact, most of the features attributed to
  54 .B send
  55 in its manual page are performed by
  56 .BR post ,
  57 with
  58 .B send
  59 acting as a relatively simple preprocessor.
  60 Thus, it is
  61 .B post
  62 which parses the various header fields, appends a
  63 \*(lqDate:\*(rq line, and interacts with the mail transport system.
  64 .B post
  65 will not normally be called directly by the user, but can be replaced
  66 by the user with a
  67 .I postproc
  68 profile component that will have
  69 .I file
  70 as its final argument.
  71 See
  72 .IR mh-profile (5)
  73 for more information on postproc.
  74 .PP
  75 .B post
  76 searches the \*(lqTo:\*(rq, \*(lqcc:\*(rq, \*(lqBcc:\*(rq,
  77 \*(lqFcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqResent\-xxx:\*(rq header lines of the specified
  78 message for destination addresses, checks these addresses for validity,
  79 and formats them so as to conform to ARPAnet Internet Message Format
  80 protocol, unless the
  81 .B \-noformat
  82 flag is set.  This will normally cause
  83 \*(lq@\fIlocal\-site\fR\*(rq to be appended to each local destination
  84 address, as well as any local return addresses.  The
  85 .B \-width
  86 .I columns
  87 switch can be used to indicate the preferred length of the header
  88 components that contain addresses.
  89 .PP
  90 If a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
  91 delivery, and the \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message
  92 sent to sighted recipients.  The blind recipients will receive an entirely
  93 new message with a minimal set of headers.  Included in the body of the
  94 message will be a copy of the message sent to the sighted recipients.
  95 If
  96 .B \-filter
  97 .I filterfile
  98 is specified, then this copy is filtered (re-formatted) by
  99 .B mhl
 100 prior to being sent to the blind recipients.
 101 Alternately, if the
 102 .B \-mime
 103 switch is given, then
 104 .B post
 105 will use the MIME rules for encapsulation.
 106 .PP
 107 The
 108 .B \-alias
 109 .I aliasfile
 110 switch can be used to specify a file that post should read aliases from.
 111 More than one file can be specified, with each being preceded by
 112 .BR \-alias .
 113 In any event, the primary alias file is read first.
 114 .PP
 115 The
 116 .B \-msgid
 117 switch indicates that a \*(lqMessage\-ID:\*(rq or
 118 \*(lqResent\-Message\-ID:\*(rq field should be added to the header.
 119 .PP
 120 The
 121 .B \-messageid
 122 switch selects the style used for the part appearing after the @
 123 in \*(lqMessage\-ID:\*(rq, \*(lqResent\-Message\-ID:\*(rq, and
 124 \*(lqContent\-ID:\*(rq header fields.  The two acceptable options are
 125 .B localname
 126 (which is the default),
 127 and
 128 .BR random .
 129 With
 130 .BR localname ,
 131 the local hostname is used.  With
 132 .BR random ,
 133 a random sequence of characters is used instead.  Note that the
 134 .B \-msgid
 135 switch must be enabled for this switch to have any effect.
 136 .PP
 137 The
 138 .B \-verbose
 139 switch indicates that the user should be informed of
 140 each step of the posting/filing process.
 141 .PP
 142 The
 143 .B \-watch
 144 switch indicates that the user would like to watch the
 145 transport system's handling of the message (e.g., local and \*(lqfast\*(rq
 146 delivery).
 147 .PP
 148 Under normal circumstances,
 149 .B post
 150 uses the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line in the message draft as the identity of
 151 the originating mailbox.  A \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line is required in
 152 all message drafts.  By default the message composition utilities such
 153 as
 154 .BR comp ,
 155 .B repl
 156 and
 157 .B mhmail
 158 will automatically place a \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line in the message draft.
 159 There are two ways to override this behavior, however.
 160 Note that they apply equally to \*(lqResent\-From:\*(rq lines in messages sent
 161 with
 162 .BR dist .
 163 .PP
 164 The first way is to supply a \*(lqSender:\*(rq line.  The value of this
 165 field will be used as the originating mailbox identity when submitting the
 166 message to the mail transport system.  If multiple addresses are
 167 given in the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line, a \*(lqSender:\*(rq line is
 168 .BR required .
 169 If an \*(lqEnvelope-From:\*(rq line is supplied when multiple addresses
 170 are given in the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line, a \*(lqSender:\*(rq header will
 171 be generated using the value of the \*(lqEnvelope-From:\*(rq line,
 172 .B if
 173 the \*(lqEnvelope-From:\*(rq line is not blank.
 174 .PP
 175 The second way is to supply a \*(lqEnvelope-From:\*(rq line.  The value
 176 of this field will be used as the originating mailbox identity when
 177 submitting the message to the mail transport system.  This will override
 178 both the value of the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line and a \*(lqSender:\*(rq line
 179 (if one is supplied).  The \*(lqEnvelope-From:\*(rq line is allowed to
 180 have a blank value; if the value is blank, then the mail transport system
 181 will be instructed to not send any bounces in response to the message.
 182 Not all mail transport systems support this feature.
 183 .PP
 184 The mail transport system default is defined in
 185 .I %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
 186 but can be overridden here with the
 187 .B \-mts
 188 switch.
 189 .PP
 190 If nmh is using
 191 .B sendmail/pipe
 192 or
 193 .B sendmail/smtp
 194 as its mail transport system, the
 195 .B \-sendmail
 196 switch can be used to override the default
 197 .B sendmail
 198 program.
 199 .PP
 200 If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the
 201 .B \-server
 202 and
 203 .B \-port
 204 switches can be used to override the default mail server and port.
 205 The default server is set with
 206 .I servers
 207 in
 208 .IR %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf ,
 209 and the default port is
 210 .IR submission ,
 211 587.
 212 .PP
 213 If
 214 .B nmh
 215 has been compiled with SASL support, the
 216 .B \-sasl
 217 and
 218 .B \-nosasl
 219 switches will enable and disable
 220 the use of SASL authentication with the SMTP MTA.  Depending on the
 221 SASL mechanism used, this may require an additional password prompt from the
 222 user (but the
 223 .I netrc
 224 file can be used to store this password, as described in
 225 .IR mh-profile (5).
 226 The
 227 .B \-saslmech
 228 switch can be used to select a particular SASL mechanism,
 229 and the
 230 .B \-user
 231 switch can be used to select an authorization userid to provide to SASL,
 232 other than the default.  The credentials profile entry in
 233 .IR mh-profile (5)
 234 describes the ways to supply a username and password.
 235 .PP
 236 If SASL authentication is successful,
 237 nmh
 238 will attempt to negotiate a security layer for session encryption.
 239 Encrypted data is labelled with `(sasl-encrypted)' and `(sasl-decrypted)' when
 240 viewing the SMTP transaction with the
 241 .B \-snoop
 242 switch.
 243 Base64-encoded data is wrapped with `b64<>'.
 244 (Beware that the SMTP transaction may contain authentication information either
 245 in plaintext or easily decoded base64.)
 246 .PP
 247 If
 248 .B nmh
 249 has been compiled with TLS support, the
 250 .B \-tls
 251 and
 252 .B \-initialtls
 253 switches will require the negotiation of TLS when connecting to the SMTP MTA.
 254 The
 255 .B \-tls
 256 switch will negotiate TLS as part of the normal SMTP protocol
 257 using the STARTTLS command.  The
 258 .B \-initialtls
 259 will negotiate TLS immediately after the connection has
 260 taken place, before any SMTP commands are sent or received.  Encrypted data
 261 is labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and
 262 `(tls-decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transaction with the
 263 .B \-snoop
 264 switch.
 265 Base64-encoded data is wrapped with `b64<>'.
 266 (Beware that the SMTP transaction may contain authentication information either
 267 in plaintext or easily decoded base64.)
 268 The
 269 .B \-notls
 270 switch will disable all attempts to negotiate TLS.
 271 .PP
 272 If port 465 is specified and none of the TLS switches were enabled,
 273 .B \-initialtls
 274 will be implied if TLS support was compiled in.  Though port 465 for
 275 SMTPS (SMTP over SSL) was deregistered by IANA in 1998, it is still
 276 used for that service.
 277 .PP
 278 .B post
 279 filters out header lines with names beginning with \*(lqNmh-\*(rq
 280 (case insensitive) from the message draft.
 281 Those lines are reserved for internal
 282 .B nmh
 283 use.
 284 .SH FILES
 285 .fc ^ ~
 286 .nf
 287 .ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
 288 ^%nmhetcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
 289 ^%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
 290 ^%bindir%/refile~^Program to process Fcc:s
 291 ^%nmhlibexecdir%/mhl~^Program to process Bcc:s
 292 .fi
 293 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 294 .B post
 295 does
 296 .I not
 297 consult the user's
 298 .I \&.mh_profile
 299 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 300 .IR mhmail (1),
 301 .IR send (1),
 302 .IR mh\-mail (5),
 303 .IR mh\-alias (5),
 304 .IR mh\-profile (5),
 305 .IR mh\-tailor (5)
 306 .PP
 307 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
 308 (RFC 822)
 309 .SH DEFAULTS
 310 .nf
 311 .RB ` \-alias "' defaults to %nmhetcdir%/MailAliases"
 312 .RB ` \-format '
 313 .RB ` \-nomime '
 314 .RB ` \-nomsgid '
 315 .RB ` "\-messageid\ localname" '
 316 .RB ` \-noverbose '
 317 .RB ` \-nowatch '
 318 .RB ` "\-width\ 72" '
 319 .RB ` \-nofilter '
 320 .fi
 321 .SH CONTEXT
 322 None
 323 .SH BUGS
 324 \*(lqReply\-To:\*(rq fields are allowed to have groups in them according
 325 to the RFC 822 specification, but
 326 .B post
 327 won't let you use them.