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-.TH SEND %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
+.TH SEND %manext1% "December 22, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
.SH NAME
send \- send a message
.SH SYNOPSIS
.RB [ \-user
.IR username ]
.RB [ \-tls ]
+.RB [ \-initialtls ]
.RB [ \-notls ]
.RB [ \-width
.IR columns ]
is interpreted as a file name, and each file named is included as a separate
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
If no match is found or the file does not have a dot suffix, the content-type
is text/plain if the file contains only ASCII characters or application/octet-stream
if it contains characters outside of the ASCII range. See
-.BR mhshow (1)
+.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.
.B nmh
draft folder facility. This is an advanced (and highly
useful) feature. Consult the
-.BR mh-draft (5)
+.IR mh-draft (5)
man page for more
information.
.PP
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
has been compiled with TLS support, the
.B \-tls
and
-.B \-notls
-switches will require and disable the negotiation of TLS support when connecting to the
-SMTP MTA. Encrypted data is labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and
+.B \-initialtls
+switches will require the negotiation of TLS when
+connecting to the SMTP MTA. The
+.B \-tls
+switch will negotiate TLS as part of the normal SMTP protocol
+using the STARTTLS command. The
+.B \-initialtls
+will negotiate TLS immediately after the connection has
+taken place, before any SMTP commands are sent or received. Encrypted data
+is labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and
`(tls-decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transction with the
.B \-snoop
switch.
+The
+.B \-notls
+switch will disable all attempts to negotiate TLS.
.PP
The files specified by the profile entry \*(lqAliasfile:\*(rq and any
additional alias files given by the
.BR \-alias ,
can be named).
See
-.BR mh\-alias (5)
+.IR mh\-alias (5)
for more information.
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR comp (1),
.IR dist (1),
+.IR file (1),
.IR forw (1),
+.IR mhparam (1),
.IR repl (1),
.IR whatnow (1),
.IR mh\-alias (5),
+.IR mh\-profile (5),
.IR mh\-tailor (5),
.IR post (8)
.SH DEFAULTS
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