-.TH POST %manext8% "October 17, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
-.\"
+.TH POST %manext8% 2016-10-17 "%nmhversion%"
+.
.\" %nmhwarning%
-.\"
+.
.SH NAME
post \- deliver an nmh message
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
If a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field is encountered, its addresses will be used for
delivery, and the \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message
-sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive an entirely
-new message with a minimal set of headers. Included in the body of the
-message will be a copy of the message sent to the sighted recipients.
+sent to sighted recipients. The blind recipients will receive an entirely
+new message with a minimal set of headers. The body of this new message
+will contain a copy of the message sent to the sighted recipients, either
+marked up with the indicator text "Blind-Carbon-Copy" or encapsulated
+as a MIME digest.
+.PP
If
.B \-filter
.I filterfile
.B post
will use the MIME rules for encapsulation.
.PP
+If a \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field is encountered and the
+.B sendmail/pipe
+mail transport method is not in use, its addresses will be used for
+delivery, and the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field will be removed from the message. The
+blind recipients will receive exactly the same message as the sighted
+recipients. *WARNING* Recipients listed in the \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field receive no
+explicit indication that they have received a \*(lqblind copy\*(rq.
+This can cause blind recipients to
+inadvertently reply to all of the sighted recipients of the
+original message, revealing that they received a blind copy.
+On the other hand, since a normal reply to a message sent
+via a \*(lqBcc:\*(rq field
+will generate a reply only to the sender of the original message,
+it takes extra effort in most mailers to reply to the included
+message, and so would usually only be done deliberately, rather
+than by accident.
+.PP
+.B post
+rejects any message that contains a \*(lqDcc:\*(rq field if the
+.B sendmail/pipe
+mail transport method is used.
+.PP
The
.B \-alias
.I aliasfile
switch.
.PP
If nmh is using
-.BR sendmail/pipe ,
+.B sendmail/pipe
+or
+.B sendmail/smtp
as its mail transport system, the
.B \-sendmail
switch can be used to override the default
.PP
If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the
.B \-server
-and the
+and
.B \-port
-switches can be used to override the default mail server (defined by the
-.RI servers
-entry in
-.I %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
-).
+switches can be used to override the default mail server and port.
+The default server is set with
+.I servers
+in
+.IR %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf ,
+and the default port is
+.IR submission ,
+587.
.PP
If
.B nmh
describes the ways to supply a username and password.
.PP
If SASL authentication is successful,
-.BR nmh
+nmh
will attempt to negotiate a security layer for session encryption.
Encrypted data is labelled with `(sasl-encrypted)' and `(sasl-decrypted)' when
viewing the SMTP transaction with the
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.B post
does
-.B NOT
+.I not
consult the user's
-.I \&.mh\(ruprofile
+.I \&.mh_profile
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR mhmail (1),
.IR send (1),