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index 6f50006b..e4bd7933 100644
--- a/man/mhbuild.man
+++ b/man/mhbuild.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MHBUILD %manext1% "March 21, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MHBUILD %manext1% "January 23, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ mhbuild \- translate MIME composition draft
 .HP 5
 .B mhbuild
 .I file
+.RB [ \-auto " | " \-noauto ]
 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ]
 .RB [ \-realsize " | " \-norealsize ]
 .RB [ \-headers " | " \-noheaders ]
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ mhbuild \- translate MIME composition draft
 .RB [ \-headerencoding 
 .IR encoding\-algorithm
 .RB " | " \-autoheaderencoding ]
+.RB [ \-dist ]
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
@@ -77,20 +79,21 @@ 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.
+.SS "Simplified Attachment Interface"
+For users who wish to simply attach files to text content,
+.B mhbuild
+will scan the composition file for \*(lqAttach\*(rq headers.  An
+\*(lqAttach\*(rq header contains a filename that will be appended to the
+message using normal MIME encapsulation rules.  One filename is allowed
+per \*(lqAttach\*(rq header, but multiple \*(lqAttach\*(rq headers are
+allowed ber composition file.
 .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
+These files will be appended after any other MIME content, including any
+content specified by
 .B mhbuild
-to automatically pick the encoding algorithm based on the frequency of
-8\-bit characters.
+directives (see below).  See
+.IR send (1)
+for more details.
 .SS "Translating the Composition File"
 .B mhbuild
 is essentially a filter to aid in the composition of MIME
@@ -461,13 +464,28 @@ If a text content contains any 8\-bit characters (characters with the
 high bit set) and the character set is not specified as above, then
 .B mhbuild
 will assume the character set is of the type given by the
-environment variable MM_CHARSET.  If this environment variable is not
+standard
+.IR locale (1)
+environment variables.  If these environment variables are not
 set, then the character set will be labeled as \*(lqx-unknown\*(rq.
 .PP
 If a text content contains only 7\-bit characters and the character set
 is not specified as above, then the character set will be labeled as
 \*(lqus-ascii\*(rq.
 .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.
+.PP
 Putting this all together,
 here is an example of a more complicated message draft.  The
 following draft will expand into a multipart/mixed message
@@ -546,19 +564,18 @@ to execute
 .B mhbuild
 to translate the composition file into MIME format.
 .PP
-It is also possible to have the
-.B whatnow
-program invoke
+Normally it is an error to invoke
 .B mhbuild
-automatically when a message is sent.  To do this, you must add the line
-.PP
-.RS 5
-automimeproc: 1
-.RE
-.PP
-to your
-.I \&.mh\(ruprofile
-file.
+on file that already in MIME format.  The 
+.B \-auto
+switch will cause
+.B mhbuild
+to exit without error if the input file already has valid MIME headers.
+The use of
+.B \-auto
+also enables the
+.B \-nodirectives
+switch.
 .PP
 Finally, you should consider adding this line to your profile:
 .PP
@@ -577,6 +594,14 @@ What now? list
 .RE
 .PP
 will work as you expect.
+.PP
+The
+.B \-dist
+switch is intended to be used by
+.BR dist .
+It will cause mhbuild to not generate any MIME headers in the composition
+file (such as \*(lqMIME-Version\*(rq or \*(lqContent-Type\*(rq), but it
+will still encode message headers according to RFC 2047.
 .SS "User Environment"
 Because the environment in which
 .B mhbuild