mh-tailor, mts.conf \- mail transport configuration for nmh message handler
.SH DESCRIPTION
The file
-.I %etcdir%/mts.conf
+.I %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
defines run-time options for those
.B nmh
programs which interact (in some form) with the message transport system.
.BR ap ,
.BR inc ,
.BR msgchk ,
-.BR msh ,
.BR post ,
.BR rcvdist ,
and
.PP
If you use
.BR smtp ,
-this will enable a direct SMTP (simple mail transport
-protocol) interface in
+this will enable a direct SMTP
+interface in
.BR nmh .
When sending mail, instead of passing the
message to the mail transport agent,
UNIX you're running,
.B nmh
will query the system for this value
-(e.g. uname, gethostname, etc.), and attempt to fully qualify this
+(e.g.\& uname, gethostname, etc.), and attempt to fully qualify this
value.
.PP
If you are using POP to retrieve new messages, you may want to set this
This should only be needed, if for some reason
.B nmh
is not able to
-fully qualify the hostname returned by the system (e.g. uname,
+fully qualify the hostname returned by the system (e.g.\& uname,
gethostname, etc.).
.RE
.PP
.BR mmdfldir :
%mailspool%
.RS 5
-The directory where maildrops are kept. If this option is set, but empty,
+The directory where mail drops are kept. If this option is set, but empty,
the user's home directory is used. This overrides the default value
chosen at the time of compilation.
.RE
.PP
.BR mmdflfil :
.RS 5
-The name of the maildrop file in the directory where maildrops are kept.
+The name of the mail drop file in the directory where mail drops are kept.
If this is empty, the user's login name is used. This overrides the default
value (which is empty).
.RE
.BR mmdelim1 :
\&\\001\\001\\001\\001\\n
.RS 5
-The beginning-of-message delimiter for maildrops.
+The beginning-of-message delimiter for mail drops.
.RE
.PP
.BR mmdelim2 :
\&\\001\\001\\001\\001\\n
.RS 5
-The end-of-message delimiter for maildrops.
+The end-of-message delimiter for mail drops.
.RE
.PP
.BR spoollocking :
%default_locking%
.RS 5
-The locking algorithm to use when opening the maildrop. Can be any one of
+The locking algorithm to use when opening the mail drop. Can be any one of
the following:
.PP
.RS 5
.RE
.PP
.BR maildelivery :
-%libdir%/maildelivery
+%nmhlibexecdir%/maildelivery
.RS 5
The name of the system-wide default
.I maildelivery
.IR slocal (1)
for the details.
.RE
-.PP
-.BR everyone :
-200
-.RS 5
-The highest user-id which should NOT receive mail addressed to
-\*(lqeveryone\*(rq.
-.RE
-.PP
-.BR noshell :
-.RS 5
-If set, then each user-id greater than \*(lqeveryone\*(rq that has a
-login shell equivalent to the given value (e.g., \*(lq/bin/csh\*(rq)
-indicates that mail for \*(lqeveryone\*(rq should not be sent to them.
-This is useful for handling admin, dummy, and guest logins.
-.RE
.SS "SMTP support"
This option is only available if you set
.B mts
.BR servers :
localhost
.RS 5
-A lists of hosts and networks which to look for SMTP servers when
-posting non\-local mail. It turns out this is a major win for hosts
-which don't run an message transport system. The value of
+A SINGLE hostname to be used when performing mail submission via SMTP. Previous
+versions of
+.B nmh
+supported multiple hostnames for
+.BR servers ,
+but the current version of
+.B nmh
+only supports a single entry (the name is kept for backwards compatibility
+reasons). This can be overridden via the
+.B \-server
+option to
+.IR send (1).
+It is not possible to change the mail submission port number in the
.B servers
-should be one or more items. Each item is the name of a host which
-is (hopefully) running a SMTP server.
+entry; see the
+.B \-port
+option to
+.BR send (1)
+for this functionality.
.SS "SendMail"
This option is only available if you set
.B mts
.RS 5
The name of the default POP service host. If this is not set, then
.B nmh
-looks in the standard maildrop areas for waiting mail, otherwise
+looks in the standard mail drop areas for waiting mail, otherwise
the named POP service host is consulted.
.RE
.\" .SS "BBoards Delivery"
.\" .RE
.\" .PP
.\" .BR popbblist :
-.\" %etcdir%/hosts.popbb
+.\" %nmhetcdir%/hosts.popbb
.\" .RS 5
.\" A file containing of lists of hosts that are allowed to use the POP
.\" facility to access BBoards using the guest account. If this file is not
from each other.
.PP
For locking the mail spool, the
-.I spoollocking
+.B spoollocking
entry in
.IR mh\-tailor (5)
will control the locking algorithm to use when
based on the operating system type will be chosen.
.PP
For locking all other files, the
-.I datalocking
+.B datalocking
entry in
.IR mh-profile (5)
controls the locking algorithm used for all other file access.
If no entry is given, the
-.I fcntl
+.B fcntl
lock method will be chosen.
.PP
If you do not wish to use kernel\-based locking,
you should see how locking is done at
your site, and set the appropriate values.
.SH FILES
-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
-^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
-.fi
+.TP 20
+%nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
+nmh mts configuration file
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
None
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.SH DEFAULTS
As listed above. The path of the mail transport configuration
file can be changed with the
-.B MHMTSCONF
+MHMTSCONF
environment variable and augmented with the
-.B MHMTSUSERCONF
-environment variable, see mh\-profile(5).
+MHMTSUSERCONF
+environment variable, see
+.IR mh\-profile (5).
.SH BUGS
Failure to open any mail transport configuration file is silently
ignored. Therefore, it's best to avoid dynamic creation of such
a file with the intent of use via the
-.B MHMTSCONF
+MHMTSCONF
or
-.B MHMTSUSERCONF
+MHMTSUSERCONF
environment variables. If such use is necessary, the ability
to successfully open the file should first be verified.
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