X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/0bfb53a23531bea3aaeadcd1a6f6c372eef96612..b4f2851d4:/man/mhbuild.man?ds=inline diff --git a/man/mhbuild.man b/man/mhbuild.man index 57441dad..710c4491 100644 --- a/man/mhbuild.man +++ b/man/mhbuild.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH MHBUILD %manext1% "January 4, 2013" "%nmhversion%" +.TH MHBUILD %manext1% "March 21, 2013" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ mhbuild \- translate MIME composition draft .RB [ \-contentid " | " \-nocontentid ] .RB [ \-verbose " | " \-noverbose ] .RB [ \-check " | " \-nocheck ] +.RB [ \-headerencoding +.IR encoding\-algorithm +.RB " | " \-autoheaderencoding ] .RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-help ] .ad @@ -27,12 +30,9 @@ command will translate a MIME composition draft into 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 @@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ switch 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 @@ -234,7 +247,7 @@ separated accordingly. For example, 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"; \\ @@ -255,7 +268,7 @@ These parameters are of the form: .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 @@ -265,9 +278,24 @@ size= number of octets 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 @@ -276,7 +304,7 @@ given, it defaults to the current message. Hence, the message directive 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 @@ -299,8 +327,8 @@ switch. This switch will indicate that .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 @@ -639,6 +667,15 @@ line ::= "##" text EOL .fi .RE .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 @@ -661,25 +698,27 @@ line ::= "##" text EOL .IR mhstore (1) .PP .I "Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation" -(RFC\-934), +(RFC 934), .PP .I "The Content-MD5 Header Field" -(RFC\-1864), +(RFC 1864), .PP .I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies" -(RFC\-2045), +(RFC 2045), .PP .I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types" -(RFC\-2046), +(RFC 2046), .PP .I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text" -(RFC\-2047), +(RFC 2047), .PP .I "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures" -(RFC\-2048), +(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 ' @@ -688,4 +727,5 @@ line ::= "##" text EOL .RB ` \-contentid ' .RB ` \-nocheck ' .RB ` \-noverbose ' +.RB ` \-autoheaderencoding ' .fi