+.TH MHBUILD %manext1% "March 21, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
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.\" %nmhwarning%
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-.TH MHBUILD %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
mhbuild \- translate MIME composition draft
.SH SYNOPSIS
.RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]
.RB [ \-realsize " | " \-norealsize ]
.RB [ \-headers " | " \-noheaders ]
-.RB [ \-ebcdicsafe " | " \-noebcdicsafe ]
+.RB [ \-directives " | " \-nodirectives ]
.RB [ \-rfc934mode " | " \-norfc934mode ]
.RB [ \-contentid " | " \-nocontentid ]
.RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ]
.RB [ \-check " | " \-nocheck ]
+.RB [ \-headerencoding
+.IR encoding\-algorithm
+.RB " | " \-autoheaderencoding ]
.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-help ]
.ad
a valid MIME message.
.PP
.B mhbuild
-creates multi-media messages as specified in RFC\-2045
-thru RFC\-2049. Currently
-.B mhbuild
-only supports encodings in
-message bodies, and does not support the encoding of message headers as
-specified in RFC\-2047.
+creates multi-media messages as specified in RFC 2045
+to RFC 2049. This includes the encoding of message headers as specified
+by RFC 2047.
.PP
If you specify the name of the composition file as \*(lq-\*(rq,
then
is present, then the listing will show any \*(lqextra\*(rq information
that is present in the message, such as comments in the
\*(lqContent-Type\*(rq header.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-headerencoding
+switch will indicate which algorithm to use when encoding any message headers
+that contain 8\-bit characters. The valid arguments are
+.I base64
+for based\-64 encoding and
+.I quoted
+for quoted\-printable encoding. The
+.B \-autoheaderencoding
+switch will instruct
+.B mhbuild
+to automatically pick the algorithm that results in a shorter encoded string.
.SS "Translating the Composition File"
.B mhbuild
is essentially a filter to aid in the composition of MIME
.fi
.RE
.PP
-There are four kinds of directives: \*(lqtype\*(rq directives, which
+There are five kinds of directives: \*(lqtype\*(rq directives, which
name the type and subtype of the content; \*(lqexternal-type\*(rq
directives, which also name the type and subtype of the content; the
\*(lqmessage\*(rq directive (#forw), which is used to forward one or
-more messages; and, the \*(lqbegin\*(rq directive (#begin), which is
-used to create a multipart content.
+more messages; the \*(lqbegin\*(rq directive (#begin), which is
+used to create a multipart content; and the \*(lqon/off/pop\*(rq
+directives (#on, #off, #pop) which control whether any other
+directives are honored at all.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-directives
+switch allows control over whether mhbuild will honor any of the
+\*(lq#\*(rq-directives. This can also be affected with the #on or
+#off directives, and #pop, which restores the state of processing to
+that preceding the most recent #on or #off. (The #on, #off, and #pop
+directives are always honored, of course.) This allows inclusion of
+plain text which looks like mhbuild directives, without causing
+errors:
+.PP
+.RS 5
+.nf
+#off
+#include <stdio.h>
+printf("Hello, World!);
+#pop
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Currently the stack depth for the #on/off/pop directives is 32.
.PP
The \*(lqtype\*(rq directive is used to directly specify the type and
subtype of a content. You may only specify discrete types in this manner
type=tar; \\
conversions=compress \\
[this is the nmh distribution] \\
- {application; filename="nmh.tar.gz"} \\
+ {attachment; filename="nmh.tar.gz"} \\
name="nmh.tar.gz"; \\
directory="/pub/nmh"; \\
site="ftp.math.gatech.edu"; \\
.RS 5
.nf
.ta \w'access-type= 'u
-access-type= usually \fIanon-ftp\fR or \fImail-server\fR
+access-type= usually \fIanon-ftp\fR, \fImail-server\fR, or \fIurl\fR
name= filename
permission= read-only or read-write
site= hostname
server= mailbox
subject= subject to send
body= command to send for retrieval
+url= URL of content
.fi
.RE
.PP
+A mimimum \*(lqexternal\-type\*(rq directive for the
+.B url
+.I access\-type
+would be as follows:
+.PP
+.RS 3
+.nf
+#@application/octet-stream [] access-type=url; \\
+ url="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/nmh/nmh-1.5.tar.gz"
+.fi
+.RE
+.PP
+Any long URLs will be wrapped according to RFC 2017 rules.
+.PP
The \*(lqmessage\*(rq directive (#forw) is used to specify a message or
group of messages to include. You may optionally specify the name of
the folder and which messages are to be forwarded. If a folder is not
is similar to the
.B forw
command, except that the former uses
-the MIME rules for encapsulation rather than those specified in RFC\-934.
+the MIME rules for encapsulation rather than those specified in RFC 934.
For example,
.PP
.RS 5
.B mhbuild
should attempt to utilize the MIME encapsulation rules
in such a way that the \*(lqmultipart/digest\*(rq that is created
-is (mostly) compatible with the encapsulation specified in RFC\-934.
-If given, then RFC\-934 compliant user-agents should be able to burst the
+is (mostly) compatible with the encapsulation specified in RFC 934.
+If given, then RFC 934 compliant user-agents should be able to burst the
message on reception\0--\0providing that the messages being encapsulated
do not contain encapsulated messages themselves. The drawback of this
approach is that the encapsulations are generated by placing an extra
.B mhbuild
is given the
.B \-check
-switch, then it will also associate
-an integrity check with each \*(lqleaf\*(rq content. This will add a
-Content-MD5 header field to the content, along with the md5 sum of the
-unencoded contents. This may be used by the receiver of the message to
-verify that the contents of the message were not changed in transport.
-
+switch, then it will also associate an integrity check with each
+\*(lqleaf\*(rq content. This will add a Content-MD5 header field to
+the content, along with the md5 sum of the unencoded contents, per RFC
+1864. This may be used by the receiver of the message to verify that
+the contents of the message were not changed in transport.
.SS "Transfer Encodings"
After
.B mhbuild
a transfer encoding, even it the content contains only 7\-bit data. This
is to increase the likelihood that the content is not changed while in
transport.
-.PP
-The switch
-.B \-ebcdicsafe
-will cause
-.B mhbuild
-to slightly change
-the way in which it performs the \*(lqquoted-printable\*(rq transfer
-encoding. Along with encoding 8\-bit characters, it will now also encode
-certain common punctuation characters as well. This slightly reduces the
-readability of the message, but allows the message to pass more reliably
-through mail gateways which involve the EBCDIC character encoding.
-
.SS "Invoking mhbuild"
Typically,
.B mhbuild
- is invoked by the
+is invoked by the
.B whatnow
program. This
command will expect the body of the draft to be formatted as an
.RE
.PP
will work as you expect.
-
.SS "User Environment"
Because the environment in which
.B mhbuild
.RE
.PP
if it exists.
-
.SS "Syntax of Composition Files"
The following is the formal syntax of a
.B mhbuild
| text EOL
.fi
.RE
-.PP
-
.SH FILES
+.B mhbuild
+looks for additional user profile files and mhn.defaults in multiple
+locations: absolute pathnames are accessed directly, tilde expansion
+is done on usernames, and files are searched for in the user's
+.I Mail
+directory as specified in their profile. If not found there, the directory
+.RI \*(lq %etcdir% \*(rq
+is checked.
+.PP
.fc ^ ~
.nf
.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
^$MHBUILD~^Additional profile entries
^%etcdir%/mhn.defaults~^System default MIME profile entries
.fi
-
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.fc ^ ~
.nf
^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
^mhbuild-compose-<type>*~^Template for composing contents
.fi
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1),
-.br
+.IR mhlist (1),
+.IR mhshow (1),
+.IR mhstore (1)
+.PP
.I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation"
-(RFC\-934),
-.br
+(RFC 934),
+.PP
+.I "The Content-MD5 Header Field"
+(RFC 1864),
+.PP
.I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies"
-(RFC\-2045),
-.br
+(RFC 2045),
+.PP
.I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types"
-(RFC\-2046),
-.br
+(RFC 2046),
+.PP
.I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text"
-(RFC\-2047),
-.br
+(RFC 2047),
+.PP
.I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures"
-(RFC\-2048),
-.br
+(RFC 2048),
+.PP
.I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples"
-(RFC\-2049)
-
+(RFC 2049)
+.I "Definition of the URL MIME External-Body Access-Type"
+(RFC 2017)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
.RB ` \-headers '
.RB ` \-norfc934mode '
.RB ` \-contentid '
.RB ` \-nocheck '
-.RB ` \-noebcdicsafe '
.RB ` \-noverbose '
+.RB ` \-autoheaderencoding '
.fi
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