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.\" %nmhwarning%
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-.TH SEND %manext1% "July 5, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH SEND %manext1% "July 8, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
.SH NAME
send \- send a message
.SH SYNOPSIS
See
.IR mh\-alias (5)
for more information.
-.SS Selection based on From: address: sendfrom
+.SS Selection based on sender address: sendfrom
One or more
.I sendfrom
profile components can be used to select a mail server address, mail server
port, or any other switch that can be supplied to
.BR post .
-It works by first looking at the address and domain name in the From: header
-line in the message draft.
+It works by first looking at the sender address and domain name in the
+message draft, as described below.
It then looks for a corresponding profile entry, which contains the
.B post
switches.
.RI sendfrom- "address/domain name" : " post switches"
.RE
.PP
-The email address is extracted from the From: header line of the message draft.
+The email address is extracted from the Envelope-From: header, if not blank,
+the Sender: header, or the From: header line in the message draft.
Multiple profile entries, with different email addresses or domain names, are
supported.
This allows different switches to
.PP
(Indentation indicates a continued line, as supported in MH profiles.)
The username need not be the same as the sender address, which was extracted
-from the From: header line.
+from the appropriate header line as noted above.
.PP
Here are example profile entries that use an nmh credentials file:
.PP
^Signature:~^To determine the user's mail signature
^mailproc:~^Program to post failure notices
^postproc:~^Program to post the message
-^sendfrom-address:~^Switches to post for From: address
-^sendfrom-domain:~^Switches to post for From: domain name
+^sendfrom-address:~^Switches to post for sender address
+^sendfrom-domain:~^Switches to post for sender domain name
.fi
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR comp (1),