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index 8b2c9435..ba48f866 100644
--- a/man/post.man
+++ b/man/post.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH POST %manext8% "April 9, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH POST %manext8% "October 17, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ post \- deliver a message
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
-.B %libdir%/post 
+.B %nmhlibexecdir%/post 
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-alias
 .IR aliasfile ]
 .RB [ \-filter
@@ -24,14 +26,14 @@ post \- deliver a message
 .IR columns ]
 .RB [ \-mts
 .IR smtp " | " sendmail/smtp " | " sendmail/pipe ]
+.RB [ \-sendmail
+.IR program ]
 .RB [ \-server
 .IR servername ]
 .RB [ \-port
 .IR portname/number ]
 .RB [ \-sasl ]
 .RB [ \-nosasl ]
-.RB [ \-saslmaxssf
-.IR ssf ]
 .RB [ \-saslmech
 .IR mechanism ]
 .RB [ \-user
@@ -40,11 +42,9 @@ post \- deliver a message
 .RB [ \-initialtls ]
 .RB [ \-notls ]
 .I file
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Post
+.B post
 is the default program called by
 .B send
 to deliver
@@ -62,10 +62,16 @@ Thus, it is
 .B post
 which parses the various header fields, appends a
 \*(lqDate:\*(rq line, and interacts with the mail transport system.
-.B Post
-will not normally be called directly by the user.
+.B post
+will not normally be called directly by the user,
+but can be replaced by the user with a
+.I postproc
+profile component that will have
+.I file
+as its final argument.
+See the mh-profile(5) man page for more information on postproc.
 .PP
-.B Post
+.B post
 searches the \*(lqTo:\*(rq, \*(lqcc:\*(rq, \*(lqBcc:\*(rq,
 \*(lqFcc:\*(rq, and \*(lqResent\-xxx:\*(rq header lines of the specified
 message for destination addresses, checks these addresses for validity,
@@ -179,11 +185,19 @@ will be instructed to not send any bounces in response to the message.
 Not all mail transport systems support this feature.
 .PP
 The mail transport system default is provided in
-.I %etcdir%/mts.conf
+.I %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
 but can be overriiden here with the
 .B \-mts
 switch.
 .PP
+If nmh is using as its mail transport system
+.BR sendmail/pipe ,
+the
+.B \-sendmail
+switch can be used to override the default
+.B sendmail
+program.
+.PP
 If nmh is using the SMTP MTA, the
 .B \-server
 and the
@@ -191,7 +205,7 @@ and the
 switches can be used to override the default mail server (defined by the
 .RI servers
 entry in
-.I %etcdir%/mts.conf
+.I %nmhetcdir%/mts.conf
 ).
 .PP
 If
@@ -204,14 +218,17 @@ 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
-.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
-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
@@ -219,11 +236,10 @@ will attempt to negotiate a security layer for session encryption.
 Encrypted data is labelled with `(sasl-encrypted)' and `(sasl-decrypted)' when
 viewing the SMTP transaction with the
 .B \-snoop
-switch.  The
-.B \-saslmaxssf
-switch can be used to select the maximum value of the Security Strength Factor.
-This is an integer value and the exact meaning of this value depends on the
-underlying SASL mechanism.  A value of 0 disables encryption.
+switch.
+Base64-encoded data is wrapped with `b64<>'.
+(Beware that the SMTP transaction may contain authentication information either
+in plaintext or easily decoded base64.)
 .PP
 If
 .B nmh
@@ -243,17 +259,33 @@ is labelled with `(tls-encrypted)' and
 `(tls-decrypted)' when viewing the SMTP transction with the
 .B \-snoop
 switch.
+Base64-encoded data is wrapped with `b64<>'.
+(Beware that the SMTP transaction may contain authentication information either
+in plaintext or easily decoded base64.)
 The
 .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
+.B post
+filters out header lines with names beginning with \*(lqNmh-\*(rq
+(case insensitive) from the message draft.
+Those lines are reserved for internal
+.B nmh
+use.
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
-^%etcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
-^%etcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
+.ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
+^%nmhetcdir%/mts.conf~^nmh mts configuration file
+^%nmhetcdir%/MailAliases~^global nmh alias file
 ^%bindir%/refile~^Program to process Fcc:s
-^%libdir%/mhl~^Program to process Bcc:s
+^%nmhlibexecdir%/mhl~^Program to process Bcc:s
 .fi
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .B post
@@ -266,13 +298,14 @@ consult the user's
 .IR send (1),
 .IR mh\-mail (5),
 .IR mh\-alias (5),
+.IR mh\-profile (5),
 .IR mh\-tailor (5)
 .PP
 .I "Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages"
-(RFC\-822)
+(RFC 822)
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
-.RB ` \-alias "' defaults to %etcdir%/MailAliases"
+.RB ` \-alias "' defaults to %nmhetcdir%/MailAliases"
 .RB ` \-format '
 .RB ` \-nomime '
 .RB ` \-nomsgid '
@@ -286,6 +319,6 @@ consult the user's
 None
 .SH BUGS
 \*(lqReply\-To:\*(rq fields are allowed to have groups in them according
-to the 822 specification, but
+to the RFC 822 specification, but
 .B post
 won't let you use them.