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--- a/man/send.man
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"

-.TH SEND %manext1% "April 9, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH SEND %manext1% "July 8, 2014" "%nmhversion%"

 .SH NAME
 send \- send a message
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 send \- send a message
 .SH SYNOPSIS


@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ send \- send a message
 \&...]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 \&...]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]

-.RB [ \-attach
-.IR header-field-name ]
-.RB [ \-noattach ]
-.RB [ \-attachformat
-.IR 0 " | " 1 " | " 2 ]

 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Send
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Send


@@ -83,27 +78,62 @@ profile component.  Most of the features attributed to
 are actually performed by
 .BR post .
 .PP
 are actually performed by
 .BR post .
 .PP

-By default the draft is scanned for a header named
-.IR Nmh-Attachment .
+Before
+.B send
+gives the message to
+.B post
+for delivery, the message is processed by
+.B mhbuild
+to perform any necessary MIME encoding of the outgoing message.  This
+can be changed by the
+.I buildmimeproc
+profile component.
+.B mhbuild
+is invoked with the
+.B \-auto
+switch, so
+.B mhbuild
+directives are not processed by default.  See
+.IR mhbuild (1)
+for more information.
+.PP
+.B mhbuild
+will scan the message draft for a header named
+.IR Attach .

 The draft is converted to a MIME message if one or more matches are found.
 The draft is converted to a MIME message if one or more matches are found.

-This conversion occurs before all other processing.  The header name
-can be changed with the
-.B \-attach
-option.  This behavior can be disabled completely with the
-.B \-noattach
-option.  The
-.B whatnow
+This conversion occurs before all other processing.  The
+.IR whatnow (1)

 man page describes the user interface for managing MIME attachments via
 this mechanism.
 .PP
 The first part of the MIME message is the draft body if that body contains
 any non-blank characters.
 man page describes the user interface for managing MIME attachments via
 this mechanism.
 .PP
 The first part of the MIME message is the draft body if that body contains
 any non-blank characters.

-The body of each header field whose name matches the
-.I header-field-name
-is interpreted as a file name, and each file named is included as a separate
+The body of each
+.I Attach
+header field is interpreted as a file name, and each file named is included as a separate

 part in the MIME message.
 .PP
 part in the MIME message.
 .PP

-For file names with dot suffixes, the profile is scanned for a
+Determination of the content MIME type inserted into the Content-Type
+header for each part depends on how the
+.B nmh
+installation was configured.  If a program, such as
+.B file
+with a
+.B \-\-mime
+or
+.B \-i
+option, was found that can specify the type of a file as a MIME type
+string, then that will be used.  To determine if your
+.B nmh
+was so configured, run
+.B mhparam mimetypeproc
+and see if a non-empty string is displayed.
+.PP
+If your
+.B nmh
+was not configured with a program to specify a file type as a MIME
+string, then a different method is used to determine the content-type
+string.  For file names with dot suffixes, the profile is scanned for a

 .I mhshow-suffix-
 entry for that suffix.
 The content-type for the part is taken from that profile entry if a match is
 .I mhshow-suffix-
 entry for that suffix.
 The content-type for the part is taken from that profile entry if a match is


@@ -115,56 +145,21 @@ if it contains characters outside of the ASCII range.  See
 .IR mhshow (1)
 for more details and example syntax.
 .PP
 .IR mhshow (1)
 for more details and example syntax.
 .PP

-Each part contains a name attribute that is the last component of the path name.
-A
-.I x-unix-mode
-attribute containing the file mode accompanies each part.
-Finally, a description attribute is generated by running the
-.I file
-command on the file.
-.PP
-The
-.B -attachformat
-option specifies the MIME header field formats:  a value of
-.B 0
-includes the
-.I x-unix-mode
-attribute as noted above.  A value of
-.BR 1 ,
-the default,
-suppresses that, puts the file name in the
-\*(lqContent-Description\*(rq header, and
-adds a \*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header.  A value of
-.B 2
-adds the file
-.I modification-date
-parameter to the \*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header.  You can
-specify one value in your profile, and override it for individual
-messages at the
-.I whatnow
-prompt.
-.PP
-Here are example message part headers, for an attachment, for each of the
-.B -attachformat
-values:
+Each attached MIME part contains a 
+\*(lqContent-Description\*(rq header that includes the filename, and
+adds a \*(lqContent-Disposition\*(rq header.
+Here is an example of MIME part headers for an attachment:

 .PP
 .nf
 .PP
 .nf

--attachformat 0:
-Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; x-unix-mode="0644";
-       charset="us-ascii"
-Content-Description: ASCII text
-
--attachformat 1:

 Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; charset="us-ascii"
 Content-Description: VERSION
 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="VERSION"
 Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; charset="us-ascii"
 Content-Description: VERSION
 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="VERSION"

-
--attachformat 2:
-Content-Type: text/plain; name="VERSION"; charset="us-ascii"
-Content-Description: VERSION
-Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="VERSION"; modification-date="Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:39:51 -0600"

 .fi
 .PP
 .fi
 .PP

+See
+.IR mhbuild (1)
+for explanation of how the Content-Disposition value is selected.
+.PP

 If
 .B \-push
 is specified,
 If
 .B \-push
 is specified,


@@ -395,14 +390,17 @@ switches will enable and disable
 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
 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
 .B \-user
 .B \-saslmech
 switch can be used to select a particular SASL mechanism,
 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
 .PP
 If SASL authentication is successful,
 .BR nmh


@@ -438,6 +436,12 @@ The
 .B \-notls
 switch will disable all attempts to negotiate TLS.
 .PP
 .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.
+.PP

 The files specified by the profile entry \*(lqAliasfile:\*(rq and any
 additional alias files given by the
 .B \-alias
 The files specified by the profile entry \*(lqAliasfile:\*(rq and any
 additional alias files given by the
 .B \-alias


@@ -470,10 +474,14 @@ for more information.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .IR comp (1),
 .IR dist (1),
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .IR comp (1),
 .IR dist (1),

+.IR file (1),

 .IR forw (1),
 .IR forw (1),

+.IR mhbuild (1),
+.IR mhparam (1),

 .IR repl (1),
 .IR whatnow (1),
 .IR mh\-alias (5),
 .IR repl (1),
 .IR whatnow (1),
 .IR mh\-alias (5),

+.IR mh\-profile (5),

 .IR mh\-tailor (5),
 .IR post (8)
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .IR mh\-tailor (5),
 .IR post (8)
 .SH DEFAULTS


@@ -491,8 +499,6 @@ for more information.
 .RB ` \-noverbose '
 .RB ` \-nowatch '
 .RB ` "\-width\ 72" '
 .RB ` \-noverbose '
 .RB ` \-nowatch '
 .RB ` "\-width\ 72" '

-.RB ` "\-attach\ Nmh-Attachment" '
-.RB ` "\-attachformat\ 1" '

 .fi
 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 .fi
 .SH CONTEXT
 None