-.TH POST %manext8% "March 31, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH POST %manext8% "July 8, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
.\"
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
-.B %libdir%/post
+.B %nmhlibexecdir%/post
.RB [ \-alias
.IR aliasfile ]
.RB [ \-filter
.IR columns ]
.RB [ \-mts
.IR smtp " | " sendmail/smtp " | " sendmail/pipe ]
+.RB [ \-sendmail
+.IR program ]
.RB [ \-server
.IR servername ]
.RB [ \-port
Under normal circumstances,
.B post
uses the \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line in the message draft as the identity of
-the the originating mailbox. A \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line is required in
+the originating mailbox. A \*(lqFrom:\*(rq line is required in
all message draft. By default the message composition utilities such
as
.BR comp ,
Not all mail transport systems support this feature.
.PP
The mail transport system default is provided in
-.I %etcdir%/mts.conf
+.I %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
but can be overriiden here with the
.B \-mts
switch.
.PP
+If nmh is using as its mail transport system
+.BR sendmail/pipe ,
+the
+.B \-sendmail
+switch can be used to override the default
+.B sendmail
+program.
+.PP
If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the
.B \-server
and the
switches can be used to override the default mail server (defined by the
.RI servers
entry in
-.I %etcdir%/mts.conf
+.I %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
).
.PP
If
the use of SASL authentication with the SMTP MTA. Depending on the
SASL mechanism used, this may require an additional password prompt from the
user (but the
-.RI \*(lq \&.netrc \*(rq
-file can be used to store this password).
+.I netrc
+file can be used to store this password, as described in the
+mh-profile(5) man page). The
.B \-saslmech
switch can be used to select a particular SASL mechanism,
-and the the
+and the
.B \-user
-switch can be used to select a authorization userid
-to provide to SASL other than the default.
+switch can be used to select a authorization userid to provide to SASL
+other than the default. The credentials profile entry in the
+mh\-profile(5) man page describes the ways to supply a username and
+password.
.PP
If SASL authentication is successful,
.BR nmh
The
.B \-notls
switch will disable all attempts to negotiate TLS.
+.PP
+If port 465 is specified and none of the TLS switches were enabled,
+.B \-initialtls
+will be implied if TLS support was compiled in. Though port 465 for
+SMTPS (SMTP over SSL) was deregistered by IANA in 1998, it is still
+used for that service.
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
-^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
-^%etcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
+.ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
+^%nmhetcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
+^%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
^%bindir%/refile~^Program to process Fcc:s
-^%libdir%/mhl~^Program to process Bcc:s
+^%nmhlibexecdir%/mhl~^Program to process Bcc:s
.fi
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.B post
.IR send (1),
.IR mh\-mail (5),
.IR mh\-alias (5),
+.IR mh\-profile (5),
.IR mh\-tailor (5)
.PP
.I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
-(RFC\-822)
+(RFC 822)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
-.RB ` \-alias "' defaults to %etcdir%/MailAliases"
+.RB ` \-alias "' defaults to %nmhetcdir%/MailAliases"
.RB ` \-format '
.RB ` \-nomime '
.RB ` \-nomsgid '
None
.SH BUGS
\*(lqReply\-To:\*(rq fields are allowed to have groups in them according
-to the 822 specification, but
+to the RFC 822 specification, but
.B post
won't let you use them.